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Sazykinaite Umbite & Sitinakite

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Sazykinaite Umbite & Sitinakite

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Description
Locality: 
Koashva Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with really nice rhombs of sazykhinaite-Y with tiny cubes of sitinakite and tabular crystals of umbite. A nice specimen of all three rare species. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sazykinaite

Renamed To: 

Sazykinaite-(Y)

Formula: 
Na5YZr[SiO3]6·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.DM.10
Hardness: 
5.0

Umbite

Formula: 
K2(Zr,Ti)Si3O9·H2O
Strunz: 
9.DG.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Vuonnemiok River Valley, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Sitinakite

Formula: 
KNa2Ti4(SiO4)2O5(OH)·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.AG.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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