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Lueshite - Sold
- Lueshe carbonatite
- Kivu Province
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 0.5 by 0.5 by 0.5 cm –
Lueshite is an orthorhombic sodium niobate, originally described by Belgian mineralogist Safiannikoff in 1959. The mineral forms pseudocubic crystals in a vermiculite matrix, which is only loosely attached to the crystals. This is an earthy, black 5 mm pseudocube of the mineral.
