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Zorite

Type Locality
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Yubileinaya Pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

Beautiful pale rose colored zorite crystals on matrix from the type locality.

Very good small specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zorite

Formula: 
Na8(Ti,Nb)5(Si6O17)2(OH,O)5·14H2O
Strunz: 
9.DG.45
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Colour: 
Rose-red
Type Locality: 
Yubileinaya pegmatite (Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja), Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...