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Cancrinite & Molybdenite

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Cancrinite & Molybdenite

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Description
Locality: 
Vevja Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.8 × 5.3 × 4.6 cm
Description

A specimen very rich in yellow cancrinite in intergrowth with a 4 cm crystal aggregate of molybdenite from the Langesundsfjord/Larvikite Region of Southern Norway. There is also a cavity with analcime crystals that is in contact with white microcline as well as a bit of galena.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cancrinite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca,☐)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.FB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Molybdenite

Formula: 
MoS2
Strunz: 
2.EA.30
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5

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