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Yuksporite from Mount Yukspor, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia (Type Locality for Yuksporite)

 
Yuksporite from Mount Yukspor, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia (Type Locality for Yuksporite)

Yuksporite from Mount Yukspor, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia (Type Locality for Yuksporite)

Yuksporite from Mount Yukspor, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia (Type Locality for Yuksporite)

Yuksporite from Mount Yukspor, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia (Type Locality for Yuksporite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 82734
Mineral:Yuksporite
Locality:Mount Yukspor, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Russia (Type Locality for Yuksporite)
Description:Translucent pink lamellar yuksporite crystals on gray nepheline-syenite. The formula of yuksporite reveals the complexity: K4(Ca,Na)14(Sr,Ba)2(?,Mn,Fe)(Ti,Nb)4(O,OH)4(Si6O17)2(Si2O7)3(H2O,OH)3. Rare. Ex. Miller collection T3112; originally acquired in 2016 from Excalibur Minerals; ex. Museum Regni Bohemiae
Overall Size:29x18x10 mm
Crystals:1-3 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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