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Aqualite

Mineral:

Aqualite: (H3O)8(Na,K,Sr)5Ca6Zr3Si26O66(OH)9Cl

Comments:

Pink aqualite grains with perfect cleavage originally described in the 1970's as 'hydroeudialyte'..

Location:

Apatitovyi Tsirk (Apatite Circus), Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia.

Scale:

FOV is 12x10 mm.

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