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Caryochroite

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Caryochroite

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Description
Locality: 
Elpidite Pegmatite, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm
Description

Nice piece of chocolate brown caryochroite with some elpidite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Caryochroite

Formula: 
(Na,Sr)3(Fe3+,Mg)10[(O,OH)9|Ti2Si12O37] ·(H2O,O,OH)17
Strunz: 
9.HA.65
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Umbozero mine (Umbozerskii mine; Umba Mine), Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...