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Turkestanite With Fluorite Aegirine & Feldspar

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Turkestanite With Fluorite Aegirine & Feldspar

ex Ring collection, Munich,Germany
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Description
Locality: 
Dara-i-Pioz Glacier, Tien Shan Mountains, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 3.7 × 3.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.45cm
Description

A green crystal aggregate of turkestanite measuring 0.45 cm in length together with masses of violet-pink fluorite in matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Turkestanite

Formula: 
(K,◻)(Ca,Na)2(Th,U)[Si8O20]·
Strunz: 
9.CH.10
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Darai-Pioz Glacier (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz), Alai Range (Alayskiy), Tien Shan Mtn, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Aegirine

Formula: 
NaFe3+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Rundemyr, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway

Feldspar

Group Parent: 
Feldspar Group

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