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Burpalite

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Locality: 
Burpala Massif, Maigunda River, Mama River, Buryatia Republic, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1 × 0.5 cm
Description

Burpalite is a very rare zirconium silicate known from only three localities worldwide, being this sample from Burpala, the type locality in Russia. The mineral usually appears as embedded crystals, but this specimen has brown isolated cubic crystals associated to lavenite.
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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Burpalite

Formula: 
Na2CaZr(Si2O7)F2
Strunz: 
9.BE.17
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Burpala alkaline Massif, Maigunda River, Mama River Basin, Buriatia (Buryatia), Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...
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