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Barylite & Shcherbakovite

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Barylite & Shcherbakovite

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Description
Locality: 
Eveslogchorr Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm
Description

Barylite and sherbakovite in matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Barylite

Formula: 
Be2Ba(Si2O7)
Strunz: 
9.BB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

Shcherbakovite

Formula: 
(K,Ba)KNa(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)O2
Strunz: 
9.DH.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Apatitovyi Tsirk (Apatite Circus), Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...