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Loparite

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Loparite

David Burgess Collection
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Description
Locality: 
N'orkpakhk Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.1 × 3.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Description

You are bidding on a large sample with a nice, twinned 1.1cm cluster of twinned loparite crystals in matrix from the type locality area. There is a small ding on one side of the cluster, but the display side is perfect. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Loparite

Renamed To: 

Loparite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Na,Ce,Ca,Sr,Th)(Ti,Nb,Fe)O3
Strunz: 
4.CC.35
Hardness: 
5.5

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