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Tienshanite

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Tienshanite

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Description
Locality: 
Dara-i-Pioz Glacier, Tien Shan Mountains, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Tan-greenish vitreous crystalline mass of tienshanite with dark green-black aegirine in white quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tienshanite

Formula: 
KNa3Na6Ca2Ba6Mn6(Ti4+,Nb)6B12Si36O114(O,OH,F)11
Strunz: 
9.CL.05
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Darai-Pioz Glacier (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz), Alai Range (Alayskiy), Tien Shan Mtn, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan

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