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Shafranovskite

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Shafranovskite

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Description
Locality: 
Rasvumchorr Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2 × 1.8 cm
Description

Very rare alkaline -manganese silicate mineral from the Type Locality. It forms brownglassy (fresh) to yellow powdery (altered) masses in associaton with red cleavages of villiaumite and reddish fibrous rasvumite. Very good TL specimen.

Mineral Data
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Shafranovskite

Formula: 
(Na,K)6(Mn,Fe)3Si9O24·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.65
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Yubileinaya pegmatite (Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja), Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...
Loranth Minerals

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