Calcybeborosilite-(Y) Bafertisite Image

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Bafertisite, Calcybeborosilite-(Y)

Mineral:

Bafertisite: Ba(Fe++,Mn)2TiSi2O7(O,OH)2
Calcybeborosilite-(Y): (REE,Ca)2[ ](B,Be)2(SiO4)2(OH,O)2

Comments:

Greenish-gray calcybeborosilite-(Y) grain intergrow with orange bafertisite platelet (upper left corner of the later). Associatied minerals are violet fluorite, white albite, black aegirine, light-yellow (red under UV lamp) cleiophane.

Location:

Darai-Pioz (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz) Glacier, Alai (Alayskiy) Range, Tien Shan Mts, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan.

Scale:

Picture Size 12x10 mm.

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