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Mountainite

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Description
Locality: 
Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.33 × 4.8 × 3.59 cm
Description

White Mountainite prismatic needles amongst Pink Zorite crystals on Zorite/ Mountainite matrix, Yubileinaya Pegmatite. 

Rare minerals from Lovozero, Russia.

Ex Dr. Trevor Devon collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mountainite

Formula: 
KNa2Ca2[Si8O19(OH)]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GG.10
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
white
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Bultfontein, Lejweleputswa District, Free State Province, South Africa

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