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Britholite-(Ce) Zircon Aegirine & Sodalite

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Britholite-(Ce) Zircon Aegirine & Sodalite

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Description
Locality: 
Oktyabr'skii Massif, Azov Sea, Donetsk Oblast', Ukraine
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3 × 3.5 cm
Description

Very nice specimen of three sections of brown Britholite-(Ce) with light brown, sharp crystals of Zircon with Aegirine, Sodalite within albite-nepheline syenite - mariupolite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Britholite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Ca2(Ce,Ca)3(SiO4,PO4)3(OH,F)
Strunz: 
9.AH.25
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Naujakasik (Naajakasik), Tunulliarfik Fjord (Tunugdliarfik), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Zircon

Formula: 
ZrSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White

Aegirine

Formula: 
NaFe3+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Rundemyr, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway

Sodalite

Formula: 
Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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