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Komarovite

ex Americo Urbinati collection
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 2 × 1.4 cm
Description

Pale pink massive komarovite from its type locality; sold with an old label

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Komarovite

Formula: 
(Ca,Mn)Nb2[O3|Si2O7]·3.5H2O
Strunz: 
9.CE.45
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Natrolite Stock (Pegmatite No. 61), Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...