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Sapphire & Sodalite

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Sapphire & Sodalite

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Description
Locality: 
Svintsovyi Ruchei, Kukisvumchorr Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Specimen with good colored sapphire crystals in matrix of feldspar and hercynite. There is also some biotite, pink sodalite and some hornfels in the matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sapphire

Variety Of: 

Corundum

Formula: 
Al2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
9.0
Formula: 
Al2O3
Hardness: 
0.0

Sodalite

Formula: 
Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
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