Murmanite

  
Origin: Lovozero, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Sample size: 7 x 5 x 3 cm, crystals to 1.2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

 
Origin: Mt. Flora, Lovozero, Kola, Russia
Sample size: 2.5 x 4 cm (top), 3 x 4.5 cm (bottom)
 
Pink-violet lamellar crystals of murmanite up to 6 mm long in dark green matrix
Origin: Karnasurt, Lovozero, Kola Pennisula, Russia
Sample size: 2.5 x 5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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