:Locality: Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain Size: 2.8 × 2.2 × 2 cm Description: Yellow color richterite/fluoro-richterite and diopside sharp crystals. They are accompanied by globular and brilliant calcite, hematite and. — Photo: Joan Rosell , from rosellminerals.com · CC BY-SA 4.0
Fluoro-richterite
A rare fluorine-bearing sodium-calcium amphibole.
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Fluoro-richterite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the silicate class, with the chemical formula Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂F₂.
It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system (space group I2/m). It is a member of the Amphibole structural group.
IMA symbol Flrct, IMA status: approved, named in 1992.
Index entry. This entry combines official IMA/RRUFF species data with published physical-property data and a Wikipedia introduction — a full written entry hasn’t been published yet.
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