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Wiluite

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Wiluite

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Description
Locality: 
Vilui River Basin, Sakha Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Description

Outstanding dark green single crystal of the rare mineral wiluite (or viluite)(member of the vesuvianite group) from the type locality in Vilui river.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wiluite

Formula: 
Ca19(Al,Mg)13(B,☐,Al)5(Si2O7)4(SiO4)10(O,OH)10
Strunz: 
9.BG.35
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

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