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Moskvinite-(Y) from
Darai-Pioz (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz) Glacier, Alai (Alayskiy) Range, Tien Shan Mts, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan

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Darai-Pioz (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz) Glacier, Alai (Alayskiy) Range, Tien Shan Mts, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan
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Description
Type Locality:Darai-Pioz (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz) Glacier, Alai (Alayskiy) Range, Tien Shan Mts, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan is the type locality for Moskvinite-(Y)
Comments:Isometric grains to 2mm
Colour:Colourless
Quality of samples:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Rarity at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 132(6): 15-21 (in Russian).
Associated minerals:
Associates:Albite
Hyalotekite
Kentbrooksite
Leucophanite
Microcline
Nordite-(Ce)
Polylithionite
Shibkovite
Telyushenkoite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Moskvinite-(Y) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Darai-Pioz (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz) Glacier, Alai (Alayskiy) Range, Tien Shan Mts, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan
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