Mineralpedia Details for Kapitsaite-(Y)
Kapitsaite-(Y)
- Formula
- Ba4Y2Si8B4O28F
- Crystal System
- Triclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Wheat Sheaf, Aggregates
- Cleavage
- None, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- light pink, white
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Triclinic - Pinacoidal
- Fracture
- Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 5.5
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Kapitsaite-(Y) from Dara-Pioz Glacier, Alayskiy Range, Tien Shan Mts, Tajikistan
- Special Info
- Fluorescent,XRD Confirmed,Type & Only Locality
A white 3mm barely seen crystal without the aid of a fluorescent light. The Kapitsaite under shortwave fluoresces pink. This is the type and only locality.
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