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Chantalite

Year of discovery: 1977 (Covur Yokusutepe hill, Turkey), 2020 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of chantalite

• CaAl₂SiO₄(OH)₄
• [Ca²⁺][Al³⁺₂][(OH)₄|SiO₄]^8-

• Class: Nesosilicate - Hydroxide

• Color: Colorless, White
• Streak: White
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Transparent

• Habit: Rectanglar

• Cleavage: None
• Density: 2.8-2.9

• System: Tetragonal
• Group: 4/m, I41/a
• Lattice: a=5.0, c=23.3