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Juonniite & Rimkorolgite

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Juonniite & Rimkorolgite

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Description
Locality: 
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1 × 1.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with a tiny sphere of flesh colored, extremely rare juonniite (at arrow) with many needles of rimkorolgite. A good sample of two single locality species. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Juonniite

Formula: 
CaMgSc(PO4)2(OH)·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Rimkorolgite

Formula: 
(Mg,Mn)5(Ba,Sr,Ca)(PO4)4·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CH.45
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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