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Formula: CaAl2(SiO4)(OH)4
Unclassified silicate
Specific gravity: 2.8 to 2.9
Streak: White
Colour: Colourless to white
Common impurities: Fe,Mg,Na
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Localities
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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