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Sapozhnikovite

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Named after Russian mineralogist and crystallographer, Anatoly Nikolaevich Sapozhnikov, Ph.D. (b. 1946).

Type Locality
Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozero, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Mineral Data
Na8(Al6Si6O24)(HS)2
Isostructural with: 
Sodalite
Strunz: 
9.FB.
Physical Properties
Colour: 
Colourless to pale grayish
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Streak: 
White
Hardness: 
Tenacity: 
Brittle