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Nafertisite

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Nafertisite

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Description
Locality: 
Nanna Pegmatite, Narsaarsuup Qaava, Igaliku, Kujalleq, Greenland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 3.3 × 2.4 cm
Weight: 
20.00gr
Description

Lustrous brown fibrous nafertisite crystals associated to thick black prismatic aegirine. Good size representative specimen of the species and the Nanna pegmatite.

Collected in one of the field trips carried out by Dr. Elisabeth Kirchner between 1957-1959. Ex Dr. Elisabeth Kirchner (1935-2023) collection.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nafertisite

Formula: 
Na3(Fe2+)10Ti2(Si6O17)2O2(OH)6F(2H2O)2
Strunz: 
9.EH.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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