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Mindat Short Description

Cancrinite Group. Also classed as a feldspathoid.

In the structure there are large channels closed by 12-membered tetrahedra rings. The channels are surrounded by cages set in columns. In the members of "cancrinite subgroup" the cages contain [Na(H...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Rose G (1833) Cancrinit, in Elemente der Krystallographie, nebst einer tabellarischen Uebersicht der Mineralien, Ernst Siegfried Mittler (Berlin) 155-156

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

(Na,Ca, )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O

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