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Arfvedsonite & Sazhinite-(Ce) & Unnamed (Fe-analogue of Zakharovite)

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Arfvedsonite & Sazhinite-(Ce) & Unnamed (Fe-analogue of Zakharovite)

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Description
Locality: 
Aris Quarry, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.4 × 0.8 cm
Description

Very nice green newly discovered sparys of arfvesonite crsytals with unnamed (fe-analogue of zakharovite) crystals and sazhinite-ce on the matrix. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arfvedsonite

Formula: 
[Na][Na2][Fe2+4Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.25
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Sazhinite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Na3Ce[Si6O15]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.30
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Yubileinaya pegmatite (Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja), Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...