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Fluoro-richterite In Feldspar

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Fluoro-richterite In Feldspar

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Description
Locality: 
Wilberforce, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
8 × 15.5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.00cm
Description

Exceptional piece with lustruos crystals, some crystals could be laid open even more by careful trimming.

I "found" this piece in an old collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluoro-richterite

Formula: 
{Na}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Pit No. 97 (N97 Mine), Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Feldspar

Group Parent: 
Feldspar Group

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