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Shkatulkalite

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Description
Locality: 
Shkatulka Pegmatite, Umbozero Mine, Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.2 × 0.2 × 0.1 cm
Description

Several isolated white crystals of the extremely rare mineral shkatulkalite from the type and only one of the two known localities worldwide.

Shkatulkalite is a niobium mineral.

Mineral Data
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Shkatulkalite

Formula: 
Na10Mn2+Ti3Nb3(Si2O7)6(OH)2F·12H2O
Strunz: 
9.BE.50
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Shkatulka pegmatite, Umbozero mine (Umbozerskii mine; Umba Mine), Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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