| Locality type: | Occurrence |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Fluoro-richterite |
| Formula: | {Na}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2 |
| Comments: | A translucent white 'richterite' with purple hackmanite under Raman analysis gave a tiny Hydroxyl peak characteristic of Fluorine replacement making the 'richterite', fluororichterite |
| Habit: | Prismatic xls to a few cm |
| Colour: | white |
| Luminescent properties: | none |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Sodalite | β6 photos of Fluoro-richterite associated with Sodalite at this locality. |
| Pyrite | β6 photos of Fluoro-richterite associated with Pyrite at this locality. |
| Calcite | β6 photos of Fluoro-richterite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluoro-richterite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Unnamed Richterite occurrence, Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 875964 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:875964:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 3c9da054-1cb0-459b-bd13-da19f64956f4 |
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Unnamed Richterite occurrence, Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan