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Scapolite With Sodalite Inclusions & Pyrite

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Scapolite With Sodalite Inclusions & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Kiran, Kokcha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

 Well terminated gemmy scapolite with sodalite inclusion , minor pyrite can be seen through out the specimen.

last specimen.

very unusual material from the locality.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sodalite

Formula: 
Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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