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Podlesnoite

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Podlesnoite

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Locality: 
Kirovskii Mine, Kukisvumchorr Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 3 × 1.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with several sharp orthorhombic prisms of extremely rare podlesnoite on natrolite from the type and only locality for this unusual barium species. Better than my photos!

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Podlesnoite

Formula: 
BaCa2(CO3)2F2
Strunz: 
5.BC.15
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kirovskii apatite mine (Kirovsky Mine; Kirovskii Mine; Kirov Mine), Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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