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Edgarite : FeNb3S6

Kaskasnyunchorr Mt., Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

A 2 mm crystal of Edgarite from the type locality at Mnt. Kaskasnyunchorr, Khibiny, Kola, Russia. Specimen and photo: Knut Eldjarn.
 © Knut EldjarnPhoto ID: 64407    View Count: 449

Edgarite : FeNb3S6

Kaskasnyunchorr Mt., Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

FOV: 4 mm

Collection and photo: Arliguie M
 © Arliguie MPhoto ID: 149110    View Count: 133

Multiple photos availableEdgarite : FeNb3S6, Pyrrhotite : Fe7S8, (-4M), also given as Fe1-xS (x = 0 - 0.2)

Kaskasnyunchorr Mt., Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

2.2 mm field of view with matrix of a unique fenitized xenolite from Mt. Kaskasnyunchorr. Beside rich pyrrhotite, the matrix contains tiny black plates of edgarite, the mineral which documents an abberant, chalcophile behaviour of niobium. Both minerals, together with also noted from the locality zoned tungstenite, formed in highly reducing ...
 © Ł Kruszewski 08Photo ID: 147384    View Count: 116
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