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Unnamed (Fe-analogue of Zakharovite) Amphibole Supergroup Psm & Tuperssuatsiaite

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Unnamed (Fe-analogue of Zakharovite) Amphibole Supergroup Psm & Tuperssuatsiaite

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Description
Locality: 
Aris Quarry, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Description

Tupersuatsiaite pseudomorph after unnamed (fe-analogue of zakharovite) with amphibole supergroup and sprays of tuperssuatsiaite on the matrix. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tuperssuatsiaite

Formula: 
Na2Fe3Si8O20(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Tuperssuatsiat Bay, Tunulliarfik Fjord (Tunugdliarfik), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland