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Ussingite

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Ussingite

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Description
Locality: 
Shkatulka Pegmatite, Umbozero Mine, Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5 × 1.7 cm
Description

A pure specimen of purple-lavender ussingite with ingrown yellow sphalerite and orange-tan serandite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ussingite

Formula: 
Na2AlSi3O8OH
Strunz: 
9.EH.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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