Belyankinite
Medvezh'ya Berloga pegmatite, Tyulbnyunuai River Valley, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
4.2 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm. An incredibly rare sample of the hydrated calcium titanium zirconium niobium oxide belyankinite from the type locality in Russia. This mineral was named after Dmitry Belyankin a Russian mineralogist who died in 1953. This species is only found in a few places in Russia, and one isolated occurrence in Egypt. This piece features ...
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