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Lorenzenite

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Lorenzenite

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Description
Locality: 
Selsurt Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 3 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

I have seen many of these when they first came out and can say this is a good one; and this sharp, doubly-terminated crystals, 1 cm tip to tip, has wonderful lustre for the species.

Beautiful and rare!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lorenzenite

Formula: 
Na2Ti2(Si2O6)O3
Strunz: 
9.DB.10
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Narsaarsuk pegmatite (Narssârssuk pegmatite), Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland