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Steacyite Fluornatropyrochlore Zircon & Astrophyllite

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Steacyite Fluornatropyrochlore Zircon & Astrophyllite

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Description
Locality: 
Água de Pau Volcano, São Miguel Island, Azores District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.9 × 2.1 cm
Description

some clusters of light green steacyite crystals with orange fluornatropyrochlore, light yellow zircon and several tufts of golden astrophyllite on aegirine

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Steacyite

Formula: 
(◻,K)(Na,Ca)2(Th,U)[Si8O20]
Strunz: 
9.CH.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Fluornatropyrochlore

Formula: 
(Na,REE,Ca)2Nb2(O,OH)6F
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Maoniuping Mine, Mianning Co., Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China

Zircon

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

Astrophyllite

Formula: 
(K,Na)3(Fe,Mn)7Ti2Si8O24(O,OH)7
Strunz: 
9.DC.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Golden
Type Locality: 
Låven (Skådön; Lamö; Lamanskjaer), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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