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Normandite

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Normandite

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Description
Locality: 
Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Sprays of brown needles of Normandite are frozen throughout the matrix, associated with black Aegirine.

Very fine and choice example for this locality!

Ex Paolo Bosio collection, label included.

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

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The item can be returned for whichever reason, provided its original conditions, and within 10 days from its delivery to the Buyer. In the case of returning, the Buyer will be entitled to the refund of the item price; shipping costs will remain at the Buyer's charge in any case.