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Fluoro-richterite

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Fluoro-richterite

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Description
Locality: 
Highway 118 & 121 Roadcut, Tory Hill, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

Two double terminated, undamaged fluororichterite crystals on a matrix of weathered calcite. This material was brought out by Frank Melanson and when tested was shown to contain a high percentage of potassium, hence the modifier "Potassian" on the label.

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...

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