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Labuntsovite-Mn Labuntsovite-Fe

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Labuntsovite-Mn Labuntsovite-Fe

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Description
Locality: 
N'orkpakhk Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Orange-red labuntsovite-(Mn) & Labuntsovite-(Fe) in long prismatic groups from the Khibiny Massif, Russia. 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Labuntsovite-Mn

Formula: 
Na4K4(Ba,K)2Mn2+(Ti,Nb)8(Si4O12)4(O,OH)8·10-12H2O
Strunz: 
9.CE.30e
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Pegmatite No. 19, Kuftn'yun Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Labuntsovite-Fe

Formula: 
Na4K4(Ba,K)2Fe2+(Ti,Nb)8(Si4O12)4(O,OH)8·10H2O
Strunz: 
9.CE.30e
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kirovskii apatite mine (Kirovsky Mine; Kirovskii Mine; Kirov Mine), Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...