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Mosandrite Var Lovchorrite

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Mosandrite Var Lovchorrite

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Hackman Valley, Mount Yukspor, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

2 pieces of mosandrite var lovcorrite from the defunct thorium mine in Hackman Valley. The measured Th-content of the mosandrite is about 4%. The mine is also known as Lovchorite Mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mosandrite

Formula: 
(◻,Ca,Na)3(Ca,REE)4Ti(Si2O7)2[H2O,OH,F]4·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BE.20
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Låven (Skådön; Lamö; Lamanskjaer), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Lovchorrite

Variety Of: 

Mosandrite

Formula: 
(◻,Ca,Na)3(Ca,REE)4Ti(Si2O7)2[H2O,OH,F]4·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BE.20
Hardness: 
4.0
Hardness: 
0.0
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