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Sodalite With Pyrite

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Sodalite With Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4 × 7 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

 A superb high quality specimen of sharp well terminated sodalite incombination with calcite (marble) & pyrite.There is a little afghanite  can also seen at base of sodalite with marble.

A very good sodalite example.

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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