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Miserite

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Description
Locality: 
Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, United States of America
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14 × 5.5 × 3 cm
Description

A good coverage of pink fibrous masses of the uncommon calcium-cerium-silicate miserite in matrix associated with white fibrous pectolite. From the Type Locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Miserite

Formula: 
K(Ca,Ce)4Si5O13(OH)3
Strunz: 
9.DG.85
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Colour: 
Pink
Type Locality: 
North Wilson pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs (Potash Sulfur Springs), Garland Co., Arkansas, USA
Cartils Minerals

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