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Jun 25, 2022

Afghanite disguised nr2

Another example of a disguised afghanite from Koksha, Badakhshan, Afghnistan. Sold as sodalite coated with Mn-oxide. But the emission spectrum, EDX and Raman show again this is afghanite showing elongated dodecahedrons. A drawing in crystal shaper with the afghanite space group, shows that this is possible.

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