Mineralpedia Details for Zorite
Zorite
Named for its color, “the rosy radiance of the sky at dawn” in Russian, Zorite is found in intimate association with nepheline in filled fractures within pegmatite veins of the Lovozero Massif in the Kola Peninsula, Russia. The Lovozero Massif is the only locality for Zorite. Zoite forms “as intergrowths of prismatic, acicular crystals.”
Ref. Handbook of Mineralogy, Anthony et al (1995) and MSA at http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/zorite.pdf
- Formula
- Na6Ti5Si12O34(O,OH)5·11H2O
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Cleavage
- Perfect, Perfect, Good
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- pink
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
- Hardness
- 3-4
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Zorite from Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mt., Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Light pink beautiful thin bladed crystals to about 0.75mm in 1mm sprays tucked into 1cm vug.
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