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Nordite-(Ce) -Palitra pegmatite, Karnasurt mine, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia (#:MINS9069)

Very complex mineralized specimen.Intergrowth of light-brown Nordite-(Ce) crystals up to 2,5 mm with yellow plate of Vuonnemite up to 1,0 cm, lilac Ussingite and small Serandite xls in association.

Formula :
Na₃(Ce,La)(Sr,Ca)(Zn,Mn²⁺,Mg)[Si₆O₁₇
System: orthorhombic Hardness:5-6 Rarity:very rare
Strunz id:VIII/G.3-20 - SILICATES
Name origin: Distinguished from lanthanum dominant nordite by Levinson in 1966, who added the suffixes, dividing nordite into two species. The root name is for the northern latitudes, where nordite was first found.