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Kapustinite - Sold

• Palitra pegmatite
• Mount Kedykkverpakhk
• Lovozero Massif
• Kola Peninsula
• Russia

• 2.9 by 2.1 by 1.2 cm – Thumbnail specimen (fits into a 2.5 cm cube)

Kapustinite is a sodium zirconium silicate (Pekov et al. 2003) and a member of the lovozerite group (Pekov et al. 2009). The mineral name honors Yuriy Leonidovich Kapustin (1933-2002), Russian mineralogist and petrologist, a specialist in alkaline igneous complexes (Pekov, 2007). This specimen consists mostly of crystalline kapustinite, with an apparent alteration product. Kapustinite here has a deep somewhat brownish red color and shows some parting.