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Sodalite Var Hackmanite With Winchite

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Sodalite Var Hackmanite With Winchite

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Description
Locality: 
Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4 × 5.5 cm
Description

A group of well terminated gemmy purple hackmanite crystals hosts on winchite matrix.

No damage to hackmanite crystals. 

The specimen has been photograph after recharging in sun light.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sodalite

Formula: 
Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Hackmanite

Variety Of: 

Sodalite

Formula: 
Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Formula: 
Na8Al6Si6O24(Cl2,S)
Hardness: 
0.0

Winchite

Formula: 
☐{CaNa}{Mg4Al}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.20
Hardness: 
5.5

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