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Nefedovite & Nacaphite

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Nefedovite & Nacaphite

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Description
Locality: 
Yukspor Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm
Description

Outstanding white crystals of the two rare minerals nefedovite and nacaphite from the type locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nefedovite

Formula: 
Na5Ca4(PO4)4F
Strunz: 
8.BO.30
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Material'naya Adit, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Nacaphite

Formula: 
Na2Ca(PO4)F
Strunz: 
8.BO.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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