Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Lun'okite

Views:
Watches:
CR838246

Lun'okite

Type Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Voron'i Tundry, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3 × 1.3 cm
Description

Tiny pale brown lun'okite crystals on matrix from the type locality.

Very rare mineral species!

Ex Dr. Hartmann collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lun'okite

Formula: 
(Mn,Ca)(Mg,Fe,Mn)Al(PO4)2OH·4H2O
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Voron'i Tundry, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...