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Ilímaussite-(Ce)

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Ilímaussite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Yukspor Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 4.3 × 3.4 cm
Description

Clusters of light brown radiating Ilimaussite-(ce) crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ilímaussite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Na,K)7-8(Ba,K)10Ce5(Nb,Ti)6(Si3O9)4(Si9O18)O6(O,OH)24
Strunz: 
9.CB.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ilimaussite occurrence, Nakalak Mt (Nakalaq; Nakkaalaaq), Taseq area, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland