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Charoite

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Description
Locality: 
Murunskii Massif, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 3.3 cm
Description

Violet Charoite with orange inclusions of Tinaksite and a core of greenish-white fieldspar. This beautiful Charoite specimen is tumbled but not polished.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Charoite

Formula: 
(K,Sr)15-16(Ca,Na)32[Si6O11(O,OH)6]2[Si12O18(O,OH)12]2[Si17O25(O,OH)18]2(OH,F)4·~3H2O
Strunz: 
9.DG.92
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

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