Chkalovite

Chkalovite associated with pectolite
Origin: Koashva mine, Khibina massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Sample size: 2 x 2 x 1 cm
 
  
  
White crystalline grains to 1 cm on the side of a ussingite (purple) specimen with long bladed intergrowths of orange serandite crystals to 4 cm.
Origin: Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Ex. Kidwell collection
Sample size: 5 x 4 x 1.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

White massive alteration product of ussingite
Origin: Shkatulka Pegmatite, Umbozero, Lovozero, Kola, Russia
Sample size: 1.5 x 2.5 cm
 
Origin: Mt. Karnasurt, Lovozero, Kola, Russia
Sample size: 2 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

Origin: Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozero, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Sample size: 20 x 8 x 12 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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