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Fluornatropyrochlore

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Fluornatropyrochlore

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Description
Locality: 
Lombadas, Ribeira Grande, São Miguel Island, Azores District, Portugal
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.4 × 2 cm
Description

A superb sample?

A perfect fluornatropyrochlore crystal standing on a black ferro-katophorite.

The sample is somehow famous, the picture above was Mindat's Photo of the Day - 23rd Aug 2016.

Collected: 
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluornatropyrochlore

Formula: 
(Na,REE,Ca)2Nb2(O,OH)6F
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Maoniuping Mine, Mianning Co., Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China