Wiluite
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Wiluite is a dark green, brownish, or black blocky silicate mineral with formula: Ca19(Al,Mg,Fe,Ti)13(B,Al,[ ])5Si18O68(O,OH)10. It has a Mohs hardness of 6 and a specific gravity of 3.36. It has a vitreous lustre, poor cleavage and an irregular brittle fracture. It crystallizes in the tetragonal system and cccurs as well-formed crystals with good external form. It is isostructural with the vesuvianite group and is associated with wollastonite and olive-green grossulars (viluites) in a serpentinized skarn.
It was discovered in the 1990s and named for the Wilui River region, Saha Republic (Yakutia), Russia.
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- http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/minerals/vesuvianite.html
- http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~adg/adg-psssimages.html#wilui
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