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Murmanite & Ussingite

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Murmanite & Ussingite

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Description
Locality: 
Yukspor Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 5.7 × 3.2 cm
Description

 White and pale pink matrix with one end richly embedded with tiny aegirine crystals.  There is one are of pinkish mauve platy crystals with a high lustre and another of dark brown, possibly weathered, platy crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Murmanite

Formula: 
Na2Ti2(Si2O7)O2·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.BE.27
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Chinglusuai River Valley, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Ussingite

Formula: 
Na2AlSi3O8OH
Strunz: 
9.EH.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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