Delhayelite

Locality: Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

Large (1.5 to 5.5 cm) tabular grains of very fresh Delhayelite in juvit-pegmatite so typical for Yukspor Mt. Associating minerals are red Villiaumite, brown pseudomorphoses after Rasvumite, green fibrous Aegirine-III, greenish-brown agregate of Magnesioastrophyllite plates, greenish Microcline and grey Nepheline. FOV is ~14x12 cm. Collected by Arcady Shpachenko in the later 80th. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.

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Photo added: 21st Oct 2008

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