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Lovdarite

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Description
Locality: 
Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.15 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Two white crystal aggregates of the very rare beryllium mineral lovdarite from the TL in Russia.

Only 3 confirmed localities worldwide !

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lovdarite

Formula: 
K2Na6Be4Si14O36•9H2O
Strunz: 
9.GF.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Yubileinaya pegmatite (Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja), Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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