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Perlialite

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Perlialite

ex Americo Urbinati collection
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Description
Locality: 
Loparskaya Valley, Yukspor Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 2.6 × 2.9 cm
Description

white fibers of perlialite, present in only 5 localities world wide, from its type locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Perlialite

Formula: 
K9Na(Ca,Sr)[Al2Si4O12]6·15H2O
Strunz: 
9.GC.25
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Loparskaya Valley, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...