Fedorite

Image

Fibrous foliated, violet Charoite aggregation with black radiating Aegirine (Aegirine suns") and orange Fedorite crystals, from Vostochnyi Mine, Murun-Massif, Yakutia, Russia

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Properties

Formula (K,Na)2.5(Ca,Na)7Si16O38(OH,F)2·3.5H2O
Abbreviation Fdr
Classifications Minerals containing H2O, Minerals containing OH
Luminescence emitters Eu, Fe, Mn
IMA Status Approved (IMA 1967 s.p.)
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Tags Hydroxide , Mineral, Silicate , Hydrated

Composition

Element Atoms
F ~1
Si 16
H ~8
Na ~4.75
K ~1.25
Ca ~3.5
O ~42.5

Reference

Reference
Lines Spectra Images
Yarovoy 1996 4 0 0