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Krasnovite & Kovdorskite

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Krasnovite & Kovdorskite

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Description
Locality: 
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm
Description

Silky light blue Krasnovite in cavities of a quartz matrix with light bluish kovdorskite, bobbierrite and collinsite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Krasnovite

Formula: 
Ba(Al,Mg)(PO4,CO3)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Kovdorskite

Formula: 
Mg2(PO4)(OH)·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.22
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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