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Cancrinite

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Description
Locality: 
French River, Bigwood Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6 × 4.5 cm
Description

A piece of pure, massive, orange cancrinite.

This specimen comes from the French River area of Ontario not far from the village of Bigwood.

It is from an alkaline Syenite intrusive called the Rutter Pluton which is thought to be about 975 million years old.

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...

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