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Titanite With Haüyne Psm Gonnardite & Scapolite

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Titanite With Haüyne Psm Gonnardite & Scapolite

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Description
Locality: 
Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

 Titanite with hauyne altering to gonnardite incombination with scapolite.

In long & short waves scapolite around blooming orange.A very good nice combination specimenMineralogical Record Sar-e-Sang Vol. 45, No. 3 May - June 2014

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Titanite occurrence, Hauzenberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Haüyne

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)4-8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4,S,Cl)1-2
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Lake Nemi, Alban Hills, Rome Province, Latium, Italy

Gonnardite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O
Strunz: 
9.GA.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
La Chaux de Bergonne, Gignat, Saint-Germain-Lembron, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France

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