[Rockhounds] Iowalite

[Tim Fisher]

For all I know that formula could be part of String Theory :D

Tim Fisher
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rockhounds [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com] On Behalf Of Doug Bank
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2021 7:49 PM
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Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Iowalite

John agreed that it was chromium bearing iowaite from Kaznakhtinskii massif, Ust-Koksinsky District, Altai Republic, Russia. This is roughly 1200 miles from the Kodar Range. 

Pictures of it can be seen here: https://www.mindat.org/min-43223.html <https://www.mindat.org/min-43223.html>

Mindat does not list charoite as being present in the Altai Republic or Altai Mountains. 

Just out of curiosity, does anything have a more messed up formula than Charoite?

(K,Sr)15-16(Ca,Na)32[Si6O11(O,OH)6]2[Si12O18(O,OH)12]2[Si17O25(O,OH)18]2(OH,F)4 · ~3H2O

Doug

> On Apr 10, 2021, at 9:38 PM, Joe Davis <davisj at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> I agree on the chariote.  Bought some in Tucson a few years back. At that time, that was only name for what was being sold at the show.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Apr 10, 2021, at 7:02 PM, xtalrabbit at aol.com wrote:
>> 
>> Could it be Charoite from the Chara River region in the Kodar Range in Russia?
>> Lynn McKinney
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Scully <jscully216 at gmail.com>
>> To: Rockhounds <rockhounds at rockhounds.drizzle.com>
>> Sent: Fri, Apr 9, 2021 9:31 pm
>> Subject: [Rockhounds] Iowalite
>> 
>> Ok, all you savants.  Here in a much diminished Tucson.  Got a few 
>> pieces of a deeply purple mineral a Russian dealer called "iowalite" 
>> from the Altai mtns.  I can't find anything about it on Google.  Any 
>> ideas other than that I am a sucker?
>> John Scully
>> 🙂🙂