Mineralpedia Details for Wadeite
Wadeite
- Formula
- K2ZrSi3O9
- Crystal System
- Hexagonal
- Crystal Habit
- Prismatic, Hexagonal
- Cleavage
- None, None, None
- Luster
- Adamantine
- Color
- colorless, violet, light lilac, pink
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Hexagonal - Dipyramidal
- Fracture
- Brittle - Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 5.5-6
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Wadeite from Eveslogchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Pinkish purple crystalline grains to 3mm in matrix. Rich.
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