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Raite & Zorite

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Raite & Zorite

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Description
Locality: 
Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Description

Lightbrown sprays of Raite and white to pink sprays of Zorite up to 1 mm large are sitting on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Raite

Formula: 
Na4Mn2+3Ti0.25Si8O20(OH)2·10H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.55
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Yubileinaya pegmatite (Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja), Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Zorite

Formula: 
Na8(Ti,Nb)5(Si6O17)2(OH,O)5·14H2O
Strunz: 
9.DG.45
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Colour: 
Rose-red
Type Locality: 
Yubileinaya pegmatite (Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja), Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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