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Shcherbakovite

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Shcherbakovite

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Description
Locality: 
Rasvumchorr Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Brown elongated shcherbakovite intergrown in matrix. From the type locality. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Shcherbakovite

Formula: 
(K,Ba)KNa(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)O2
Strunz: 
9.DH.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Apatitovyi Tsirk (Apatite Circus), Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...