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Umbite

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Description
Locality: 
Vuonnemiok River Valley, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1 × 0.9 cm
Description

Pinkish white crystals of the rare zirconium mineral umbite named after the Lake Umb, 20km east of the type occurrence in Vuonnemiak.

Ex.DrHartel collection

 

Mineral Data
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Umbite

Formula: 
K2(Zr,Ti)Si3O9·H2O
Strunz: 
9.DG.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Vuonnemiok River Valley, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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