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Zorite & Bornemanite

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Zorite & Bornemanite

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Description
Locality: 
Yubileinaya Pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.8 × 2.3 cm
Description

Pink zorite, yellow bornemanite and brown bornemanite.

From the E. Lehrieder collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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...

Bornemanite

Formula: 
Na6BaTi2Nb(Si2O7)2(PO4)O2(OH)F
Strunz: 
9.BE.50
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Yubileinaya pegmatite (Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja), Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...