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Murmanite

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Murmanite

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Description
Locality: 
Akhtenskoe, Magnitka, Kusinskii Raion, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 5.4 × 4.2 cm
Weight: 
84.00gr
Description

Here we have a very nice collector's item. Murmanite grown on matrix. The murmanite has a very beautiful luster and has a particularly interesting metallic purple colour. It grows in thin layers on the bedrock and is accompanied by black tourmaline needles running through the stone.

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What's on the rock

Murmanite

Formula: 
Na2Ti2(Si2O7)O2·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.BE.27
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Chinglusuai River Valley, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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