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Hydroxycancrinite

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Hydroxycancrinite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm
Description

Colorless and very pale blue crystal aggregates of the rare silicate hydroxycancrinite from Lovozero.

Associated minerals after the label are vuonnemite and steenstrupine

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hydroxycancrinite

Formula: 
Na8(Al6Si6O24)(OH)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.FB.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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