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Pollucite

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Description
Locality: 
Shengus, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm
Description

Outstanding colorless crystal group of the very rare cesium mineral pollucite.

Cesium minerals are extremely rare in Nature, since only 32 species from almost 5708 IMA approved minerals, are Cs minerals ! (source Mindat)

Mineral Data
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Pollucite

Formula: 
(Cs,Na)2(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.05
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
La Speranza (Pisani's Quarry), San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy...

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