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Kainosite-(Y) Pumpellyite & Epidote

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Kainosite-(Y) Pumpellyite & Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Seula Mine, Mount Camoscio, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

a cluster of albite hosts some salmon pink kainosite-Y crystals, green tufts of pumpellyite and green epidote

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kainosite-(Y)

Formula: 
Ca2(Y,Ce)2(Si4O12)(CO3)·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CF.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Igletjødn feldspar quarry (Igletjern), Hæstad, Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway

Pumpellyite

Synonym Of: 

Pumpellyite-(Al)

Formula: 
Ca2(Al,Fe2+,Mg)Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH,O)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BG.20
Hardness: 
0.0

Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)

Formula: 
Ca2Fe2+Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BG.20
Hardness: 
0.0

Pumpellyite-(Fe3+)

Formula: 
Ca2(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)(Al,Fe3+)2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH,O)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BG.20
Hardness: 
0.0

Pumpellyite-(Mg)

Formula: 
Ca2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BG.20
Hardness: 
5.5

Pumpellyite-(Mn2+)

Formula: 
Ca2(Mn2+,Mg)(Al,Mn3+,Fe3+)2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BG.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Group Parent: 
Pumpellyite Group

Epidote

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...