Charoite Mineral Gallery

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Charoite: K5Ca8(Si6O15)2(Si2O7)Si4O9(OH)·3(H2O)

Comments: Polished slab of purple charoite.
Location: Murun Massif, Chara River, Davan, Torgo River Basin, Aldan Shield, Saha (Sakha) Republic (Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 6.5 cm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

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Charoite: K5Ca8(Si6O15)2(Si2O7)Si4O9(OH)·3(H2O)  
Fedorite: KNa4Ca4(Al,Si)16O36(OH,F)4·6(H2O)

Comments: Tan crystalline platy fedorite in pale violet charoite.
Location: Murun, Republic of Sakha, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Charoite: K5Ca8(Si6O15)2(Si2O7)Si4O9(OH)·3(H2O)  
Tinaksite: K2Na(Ca,Mn++)2(Ti,Fe)O[Si7O18(OH)]

Comments: Yellow-brown prismatic tinaksite crystals in purple charoite with black aegirine.
Location: Murun, Aldan Uplift, Chara and Olekma Rivers, near Olekminsk, Republic of Sakha, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Charoite: K5Ca8(Si6O15)2(Si2O7)Si4O9(OH)·3(H2O)  
Tokkoite: K2Ca4[Si7O18(OH)](F,OH)

Comments: Yellow crystalline tokkoite intermixed with purple charoite (viewed cross-sectional to fiber direction).
Location: Murun, Aldan, Republic of Sakha, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Charoite: K5Ca8(Si6O15)2(Si2O7)Si4O9(OH)·3(H2O)  
Tinaksite: K2Na(Ca,Mn++)2(Ti,Fe)O[Si7O18(OH)]

Comments: Polished slab of deep purple chariote with inclusions of black augite, white feldspar and orange tinaksite.
Location: Murun, Siberia, Russia. Scale: Picture size 10 cm.
© Kevin Ward
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