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Hingganite-(Nd)

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Hingganite-(Nd)

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Description
Locality: 
Thor Ghar, Zagi Mountain, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.3 × 0.2 cm
Description

 

Hingganite-(Nd) has now been described as a new mineral species.

Zagi Mountain, is type locality near Kafoor Dheri, about 4 km S of Warsak and 30 km NW of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province,Pakistan
CNMNC Newsletter No. 50;
Mineralogical Magazine, 31,  

Well terminated gemmy  Hingganite Nd crystal,  production from the deposit has been already stopped since two years , this is old specimen  from seller’s stock collection. I am the one who found and discovered these materials and arrange low scale mining,  

 

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hingganite-(Nd)

Formula: 
Nd2☐Be2Si2O8(OH)2
Strunz: 
8/B.29-
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5 - 6
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Zagi Mountain, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan

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