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Nalipoite & Nordite-(Ce) & Manaksite

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Nalipoite & Nordite-(Ce) & Manaksite

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Description
Locality: 
Palitra Pegmatite, Karnasurt Mine, Kedykverpakhk Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 2 × 1.7 cm
Description

White elongated crystalaggregates nalipoite in ussingite cavity., with nordite Ce rosettes of tabular crystals, fibrous manaksite aggregates, and one tiny free-standing manaksite crystal.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nalipoite

Formula: 
NaLi2PO4
Strunz: 
8.AA.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Nordite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La)(Sr,Ca)Na2(Na,Mn)(Zn,Mg)Si6O17
Strunz: 
9.DO.15
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Pegmatite No. 66, Motchisuai River Valley, Sengischorr Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Manaksite

Formula: 
KNaMnSi4O10
Strunz: 
9.DG.70
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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