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Sidorenkite - Sold
- Mount Alluiav
- Lovozero Massif
- Kola Peninsula
- Russia
- 5.1 × 4.6 × 3.4 cm – Miniature specimen (fits into a 5 cm cube)
Sidorenkite is a sodium manganese phosphate carbonate. The mineral name honors Aleksandr Sidorenko (1917-1982), geologist who founded Kola Scientific Center (Khomyakov et al., 1979).
Sidorenkite forms a pink cleavage, 9 mm across, in sugary albite. From the collection of E.R. Laskowski (1949-2020), a mining engineer who retired to Tucson, Arizona.
