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Normandite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
N'orkpakhk Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.5 × 8 × 7 cm
Description

Beautiful aggregates of orange-brownish, thin acicular crystals of normandite in feldspar.
Very rich!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Normandite

Formula: 
NaCa(Mn,Fe)(Ti,Nb,Zr)(Si2O7)OF
Strunz: 
9.BE.17
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada