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Kostylevite

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Kostylevite

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Description
Locality: 
Koashva Open Pit, Koashva Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Description

A small piece is hosting several vugs lined with cream white  clean crystals of Kostylevite, super rare Zr bearing sylicate.

Text book specimen for the specie, belonged to the D. Respino collection, with label.

The specimen also retains a previous label from the italian collector P. Bosio.

Rare!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kostylevite

Formula: 
K2Zr(Si3O9)·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CJ.35
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Vuonnemiok River Valley, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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The item can be returned for whichever reason, provided its original conditions, and within 10 days from its delivery to the Buyer. In the case of returning, the Buyer will be entitled to the refund of the item price; shipping costs will remain at the Buyer's charge in any case.