Lomonosovite, Aegirine, Leucosphenite

Locality: Yubileinaya (Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja) pegmatite, Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

Large plates of fresh brown to pinkish-brown lomonosovite in the green fibrous aegirin-III. Note the colour, in Lovozero lomonosovites always are much more ligter, than in Khibiny, where they are dark-brown and similar to biotite in colour. Minor associating minerals are blue leucosphenite, red manganoneptunite and pink zorite. Specimen size is 7x6 cm. Selfcollected in July of 1986. Other photos of this specimen with different lighting are available here. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.

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