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Betalomonosovite

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Betalomonosovite

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Description
Locality: 
Rasvumchorr Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm
Description

Betalomonosovite is a recently approved, complex titano-silicate mineral, forms creme coloured crystal sections in matrix. 

 

Mineral Data
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Betalomonosovite

Formula: 
Na64Ti4(Si2O7)2[PO3(OH)][PO2(OH)2]O2(OF)
Group Parent: 
Lomonosovite
Strunz: 
9.BE.32
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Colour: 
Yellowish-brown
Type Locality: 
Tyul'bnyunuai River Valley, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Northern Region, Russia...
Isostructural with: 
Lomonosovite
Loranth Minerals

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