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Yuksporite

Denver show 2018
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Description
Locality: 
Yukspor Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 3.7 × 3.1 cm
Description

Rich specimen of pink-orange yuksporite from the type locality. The specimen features a number of orange and pink sprays of yuksporite which constitute the matrix along with pale feldspar. One surface has been polished to highlight the structure of the specie, which otherwise would not be visible. At the centre of the polished surface, a double terminated jet black aegirine crystals up to 1.9 cm in size!
Very good for the specie and the locality. Acquired at the latest Denver show from a Russian collector.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Yuksporite

Formula: 
(K,Ba)NaCa2(Si,Ti)4O11(F,OH)·H2O
Strunz: 
9.DG.95
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Hackman Valley, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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