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Murmanite
- Mount Yukspor
- Khibiny Massif
- Kola Peninsula
- Russia
- 6.9 × 4.1 × 2.4 cm – Miniature specimen (fits into a 5 cm cube)
Murmanite is a hydrous sodium titanium silicate. Gutkova (1930) named murmanite after the Murman coast of the Kola Peninsula, nearby its co-type localities. Crystal structure analysis by Khalilov (1989) established the currently accepted chemical formula.
Murmanite forms pearly lilac plates to 1.0 × 0.7 cm in a compact gray matrix. From the collection of E.R. Laskowski (1949-2020), a mining engineer who retired to Tucson, Arizona.
Price: $75
Item code: MS1880
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