Tabular crystals of brown nioboaeschynite-(Ce) in association with greenish aegirine and white albite. Composition of the mineral is ((Ce.32La.10Nd.08Pr.02).52Ca.27Th.04)0.83(Nb1.06Ti.94)2O5.32(OH).68 with contents 41.93 wt.% Nb2O5 and 22.49 wt.% TiO2. FOV is ~5.5x3 cm. Collected in the early 60th on unspecified North Korean syenite massif and was labeled as "lyndochite Korea". Pavel M. Kartashov collection (#0190), analytical data and photo.
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