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Hingganite-(Ce): (Ce,Ca)2([ ],Fe)Be2Si2O8[(OH),O]2

Comments: Group of hinnganite-(Ce) dipyramidal crystals, etched from calcite-filled cavity in epidote-quartz metasomatites is covered by yellow spherulitic hydromuscovite. Formed by replacement of rare metal alkalic granitic pegmatite.
Location: Western ore zone dumps, trench #2, Tsakhirin Khuduk Y-Zr-Nb deposit, Khaldzan Buragtag massif, Altai Mts, Hovd Aimag (Khovd Aimag), Mongolia. Scale: Not Given.
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Hingganite-(Ce): (Ce,Ca)2([ ],Fe)Be2Si2O8[(OH),O]2

Comments: Group of hinnganite-(Ce) dipyramidal crystals, etched from calcite-filled cavity in epidote-quartz metasomatites is covered by yellow spherulitic hydromuscovite. Formed by replacement of rare metal alkalic granitic pegmatite.
Location: Western ore zone dumps, trench #2, Tsakhirin Khuduk Y-Zr-Nb deposit, Khaldzan Buragtag massif, Altai Mts, Hovd Aimag (Khovd Aimag), Mongolia. Scale: Not Given.
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Hydroastrophyllite: (H3O,K)2Ca(Fe+++,Mn)5-6Ti2Si8O26(OH)4F

Comments: Spray of brown hydroastrophyllite in alkaline granite pegmatite matrix.
Location: Western Keivy Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 12x9 mm.
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Hydroastrophyllite: (H3O,K)2Ca(Fe+++,Mn)5-6Ti2Si8O26(OH)4F

Comments: Spray of brown hydroastrophyllite in alkaline granite pegmatite matrix.
Location: Western Keivy Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 12x9 mm.
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Indite: Fe++In2S4

Comments: Two metallic-gray grains of fresh indite in quartz associated with brown and creamy-colored cassiterite.
Location: Dzhalinda Sn Deposit, Malyi Khingan Range, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 3x2 mm.
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Indite: Fe++In2S4

Comments: Two metallic-gray grains of fresh indite in quartz associated with brown and creamy-colored cassiterite.
Location: Dzhalinda Sn Deposit, Malyi Khingan Range, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 3x2 mm.
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Jorgensenite: Na2(Sr,Ba)14Na2Al12F64(OH,F)  
Weberite: Na2MgAlF7

Comments: SEM image of polished section of aluminofluoride vein mounted in epoxy. Bladed jorgensenite (Jor), barite (Bar) and weberite (Web) with minor quartz, bøgvadite, schorl, pyrite, galena, chalcopyrite and chalcocite.
Location: Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland. Scale: See Image.
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Jorgensenite: Na2(Sr,Ba)14Na2Al12F64(OH,F)  
Weberite: Na2MgAlF7

Comments: SEM image of polished section of aluminofluoride vein mounted in epoxy. Bladed jorgensenite (Jor), barite (Bar) and weberite (Web) with minor quartz, bøgvadite, schorl, pyrite, galena, chalcopyrite and chalcocite.
Location: Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland. Scale: See Image.
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Karnasurtite-(Ce): (Ce,La,Th)(Ti,Nb)(Al,Fe+++)(Si,P)2O7(OH)4·3(H2O) (?)

Comments: Tabular, hexagonal crystals of light-yellow karnasurtite-(Ce) associated with light-lilac porcelaneous polylithionite and black dendrites of a cryptomelane group mineral.
Location: Hackmanite Stock (Pegmatite No. 62), Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Specimen Size is 5.5x5x2 cm.
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Karnasurtite-(Ce): (Ce,La,Th)(Ti,Nb)(Al,Fe+++)(Si,P)2O7(OH)4·3(H2O) (?)

Comments: Tabular, hexagonal crystals of light-yellow karnasurtite-(Ce) associated with light-lilac porcelaneous polylithionite and black dendrites of a cryptomelane group mineral.
Location: Hackmanite Stock (Pegmatite No. 62), Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Specimen Size is 5.5x5x2 cm.
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Khristovite-(Ce): (Ca,REE)(Ce,REE)(Mg,Fe,Cr,Ti,V,Al)Mn++Al(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)(F,O)

Comments: Three tabular crystals of reddish-brown khristovite-(Ce) in pink rhodonite matrix. Associated mineral is yellowish-brown Fe-free hejtmanite (inylchekite var.).
Location: Rhodonite occurrence, Muzeinyi Valley, Inyl'chek Range, Issyk-Kul'skaya Oblast, Kyrgyzstan. Scale: Picture Size 3x1.7 mm.
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Khristovite-(Ce): (Ca,REE)(Ce,REE)(Mg,Fe,Cr,Ti,V,Al)Mn++Al(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)(F,O)

Comments: Three tabular crystals of reddish-brown khristovite-(Ce) in pink rhodonite matrix. Associated mineral is yellowish-brown Fe-free hejtmanite (inylchekite var.).
Location: Rhodonite occurrence, Muzeinyi Valley, Inyl'chek Range, Issyk-Kul'skaya Oblast, Kyrgyzstan. Scale: Picture Size 3x1.7 mm.
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Magnesiocoulsonite: MgV+++2O4  
Tremolite: [ ]Ca2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2

Comments: Black grains of magnesiocoulsonite with green chromian tremolite. Metallic bronze grain of thiospinelid of kalininite-florensovite series is visible in the upper right corner of the image.
Location: Pereval Marble Quarry, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 3x2 mm.
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Magnesiocoulsonite: MgV+++2O4  
Tremolite: [ ]Ca2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2

Comments: Black grains of magnesiocoulsonite with green chromian tremolite. Metallic bronze grain of thiospinelid of kalininite-florensovite series is visible in the upper right corner of the image.
Location: Pereval Marble Quarry, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 3x2 mm.
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Magnesioferrikatophorite: Na2Ca(Mg,Fe++)4Fe+++Si7AlO22(OH)2

Comments: Double-terminated short-prismatic crystal of titanoan (2.17 % TiO2) magnesioferrikatophorite from a nephelin-syenite pegmatite.
Location: Northeast slope, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Not Given.
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Magnesioferrikatophorite: Na2Ca(Mg,Fe++)4Fe+++Si7AlO22(OH)2

Comments: Double-terminated short-prismatic crystal of titanoan (2.17 % TiO2) magnesioferrikatophorite from a nephelin-syenite pegmatite.
Location: Northeast slope, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Not Given.
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Monazite-(La): (La,Ce,Nd)PO4

Comments: Yellowish crystals of monazite-(La) in a cavity in nephelin-syenite pegmatite.
Location: Kuivchorr Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 9x7 mm.
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Monazite-(La): (La,Ce,Nd)PO4

Comments: Yellowish crystals of monazite-(La) in a cavity in nephelin-syenite pegmatite.
Location: Kuivchorr Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 9x7 mm.
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Morimotoite: Ca3TiFe++Si3O12

Comments: Dark-brown morimotoite grains in calcite-wollastonite skarn from the type locality, ID confirmed by microprobe and XRD analyses.
Location: Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho (Bicchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan. Collected by Igor V. Pekov in 2007 under supervising of the specie author from the same point of the outcrop as and holotype specimen. Scale: Specimen Size 17x12x7 mm.
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Morimotoite: Ca3TiFe++Si3O12

Comments: Dark-brown morimotoite grains in calcite-wollastonite skarn from the type locality, ID confirmed by microprobe and XRD analyses.
Location: Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho (Bicchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan. Collected by Igor V. Pekov in 2007 under supervising of the specie author from the same point of the outcrop as and holotype specimen. Scale: Specimen Size 17x12x7 mm.
© Pavel M. Kartashov