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Nyerereite

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Nyerereite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Vuoriyarvi Massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.6 × 0.8 cm
Description

White crystal aggregates of the very rare mineral nyerereite (labeled as natrofairchildite in the plastic box, an old synonim for the species) from Russia.

Very rare species in specimens from Russia !

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nyerereite

Formula: 
Na2Ca(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AC.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Mt Oldoinyo Lengai (Ol Doinyo Lengai), Arusha Region, Tanzania

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