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Pale golden orange acicular raite, with pale pinkish zorite

Yubileinaya pegmatite, Lovozero, Kola Peninsula, Russia

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Pale golden orange acicular raite, with pale pinkish zorite, white penkvilksite, and fragments of lorenzenite and bornemanite. Traces of mountainite are also present. From the type locality, the classical Yubileinaya pegmatite

AN_239
1 Item

Data sheet

Locality
Yubileinaya pegmatite, Lovozero, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Size category
Miniature
Size (cm)
4x3.5x2.2
Weight
33g
Formula
Na4Mn32+Ti0.25Si8O20(OH)2 · 10H2O (raite)Na8(Ti,Nb)5(Si6O17)2(OH,O)5 · 14H2O (zorite)KNa2Ca2[Si8O19(OH)] · 6H2O (mountainite)
Properties
Acicular; fragile