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Description

Locality:

Ladjuar Madan, Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan

Class:

Crystals on Matrix

Size Range:

Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)

Size:

3 × 1.7 × 0.9 cm

Weight:

4.00gr

Description

Specimen located in the Kuran Wa Munjan district, where we see a crystalline mass in which lapis lazuli/lazurite formations can be seen, as well as tree-like pyrite formations and masses of sodalite that react to UV light. A curious and striking specimen of royal blue lapis lazuli, with an impeccable finish, combined with pyrite and sodalite in the matrix.

Mineral Data

What's on the rock

Lazurite

Variety Of:

Haüyne

Formula:

(Na,Ca)_4-8(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄,S,Cl)_1-2

Strunz:

9.FB.10

Hardness:

5.5 - 6.0

Formula:

Na₆ Ca₂(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄,S,S₂, S₃,Cl,OH)₂

Strunz:

9.FB.10

Crystal System:

Isometric

Hardness:

5.0 - 5.5

Type Locality:

Ladjuar Medam (Lajur Madan; Lapis-lazuli Mine; Lapis-lazuli deposit), Sar-e Sang (Sar Sang; Sary Sang), Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province (Badakshan Province; Badahsan Province), Afghanistan

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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Adrael Fine Minerals

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