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Formula: CaAl2(SiO4)(OH)4
Nesosilicate (insular SiO4 groups)
Crystal system: Tetragonal
Specific gravity: 2.8 to 2.9
Streak: White
Colour: Colourless to white
Common impurities: Fe,Mg,Na
Environments
Localities
At the Acquasaliente Creek, Contrade Maglio-Pornaro, Val Munari, Tretto, Schio, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy,
chantalite has been found with hibschite
(Mindat photo).
Chantalite from the Acquasaliente Creek -
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At the type locality, Covur Yokusutepe Hill, Doganbaba, Yeşilova District, Burdur Province, Turkey, chantalite
occurs as anhedral grains, 0.1 0.3 mm in size, in rodingite dikes from
an ophiolite zone. Associated minerals include
vuagnatite, prehnite,
hydrogrossular, chlorite and
calcite
(AM 63.1282-1284).
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