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Baratovite, Miserite, Aegirine, Albite


Baratovite : KCa7(Ti,Zr)2Li3Si12O36F2, Miserite : K(Ca,Ce)4Si5O13(OH)3, Aegirine : NaFe3+[Si2O6], Albite : Na[AlSi3O8]

Photo Copyright © Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo  - This image is copyrighted. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.
Locality: Khodzhaachkan Massif, Sokh Valley, Alai (Alay) Range, Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
Beige gypsum-like plates of baratovite with bluish UV fluorescence (3 ones at right part of the picture) in fibrous aggregate of bright-pink miserite. Associating minerals are black aegirine and white albite. Note how albite layers divide aegirine from miserite. FOV is !1.5x1 cm. Collected by Vladimir A. Karpenko in Summer of 1993. Pavel M. Kartashov collection (#3239) and ...

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