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Phosinaite-(Ce)

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Phosinaite-(Ce)

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Kedykverpakhk Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.8 × 1 cm
Description

Fine specimen with a long brown elongated phosinaite-(Ce) aggregate contrasting with pinkish ussingite matrix.

Phosinaite-(Ce) is only known from seven localities worldwide. Rare.

Short information: This is the last auction before the summer break. Shipping will continue at all times.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosinaite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Na13Ca2(Ce,La,Th,Nd,Pr)(Si4O12)(PO4)4
Strunz: 
9.CF.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Koashva quarry, Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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