Canasite

Image

Yellow 7 mm grain of canasite in matrix, from Kirovskii apatite mine, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Russia

© Photo by Leon Hupperichs (on wikimedia.org), CC-BY-SA 3.0

Properties

Formula K3Na3Ca5Si12O30(OH)4
Abbreviation Cns
Luminescence emitters Eu, Fe, Mn
IMA Status Approved (IMA 1962 s.p.)
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Crystal symmetry Triclinic, Point group 1, Space group P1 (#1)
Tags Mineral, Silicate , Hydroxide

Composition

Element Atoms
H 4
Si 12
Ca 5
Na 3
K 3
O 34
Total: 61

Reference

Reference Lines Spectra Images
Yarovoy 1996 4 0 0