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Apophyllite Garnet In Axinite

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PMN756607

Apophyllite Garnet In Axinite

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Description
Locality: 
Shijiangshan Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 6 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
131.00gr
Description

A recent find in the Shijiangshan mine yielded an interesting combination of axinite, apophyllite and garnets. This specimen is a cluster where the back and side is mostly axinite and garrnet with some good size (for the find) apophyllite in prehnite vughs. The front is dominated by the deep wine red, lustrous garnets.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Apophyllite

Synonym Of: 

Fluorapophyllite-(K)

Formula: 
KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH)·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.15
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0

Fluorapophyllite-(Na)

Formula: 
NaCa4(Si8O20)F·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

Formula: 
KCa4(Si8O20)(OH,F)·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Axinite

Group Parent: 
Axinite Group