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Wilkinsonite from Warrumbungle Volcano, Gowen Co., New South Wales, Australia - PD48256
Wilkinsonite from Warrumbungle Volcano, Gowen Co., New South Wales, Australia - PD48256

Wilkinsonite

#PD48256
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Size
2 x 1.5 x 0.3 cm - Thumbnail 
Formula
Na4(Fe2+8Fe3+4)O4[Si12O36] (RRUFF)
Locality
Warrumbungle Volcano, Gowen Co., New South Wales, Australia

Black grains as inclusions, less than 50microns, in Anorthoclase. You cannot see the grains. For a good visual see the RRUFF database. Wilkinsonite is a three locality mineral and this is type locality, a volcanic deposit in peralkaline trachyte. One of the other localities is a meteorite. The third is also a volcanic deposite as syenite ejecta. Wilkinsonite forms a series with aenigmatite. This is a small specimen.

Type Locality

Wilkinsonite

Formula
Na4(Fe2+8Fe3+4)O4[Si12O36] 
Crystal System
Triclinic 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
black 
Streak
brown 
Class
Triclinic - Pinacoidal 
Hardness
5 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
Don Phillips Collection
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