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Mosandrite, Fersmanite


Mosandrite : (Ca,Na,Ce)12(Ti,Zr)2[F4|(OH)6|SiO4|(Si2O7)3], Fersmanite : (Ca,Na)4(Ti,Nb)2Si2O11(F,OH)2

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Locality: Kirovskii apatite mine (Kirovsky Mine; Kirov Mine), Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
Very fresh greenish-yellow glassy lovchorrite with minor brovn granular fersmanite. Orthoclase crystal is greyish. Specimen size is 8.5x5.5x3.5 cm and its radioactivity is 150 μR/h. Horizont 252 m, transport ort N31 in 150 m from Eastern transport shtrek. Collected by A. Akilin in 1987. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.

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