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Lovchorrite

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Lovchorrite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Kirovskii Mine, Kukisvumchorr Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Yellow-brown glassy lovchorrite (var. of mosandrite-Ce). Rare mineral sample.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lovchorrite

Variety Of: 

Mosandrite

Formula: 
(◻,Ca,Na)3(Ca,REE)4Ti(Si2O7)2[H2O,OH,F]4·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BE.20
Hardness: 
4.0
Hardness: 
0.0