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Cancrisilite

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Cancrisilite

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Description
Locality: 
Kukisvumchorr Mountains, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

A good coverage of aggregates of light violet crystals and masses of the rare silicate cancrisilite.
From Marchenko Peak, Kukisvumchorr Mountain.
Ex Mikhail Murashko specimen

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cancrisilite

Formula: 
Na7(Al5Si7O24)(CO3)·3H2O
Strunz: 
9.FB.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...
Cartils Minerals

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