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2 items @ $85.00  

Mixed Rare Minerals

Friday, 24 May 2024 12:00 PM

Introducing the "Mixed Rare Minerals" gallery which is part of our New Additions galleries. This gallery contains mineral specimens for sale including chkalovite and more from places like Shkatulka peg., Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt., Lovozero, Kola Peninsula, Russia.

Chkalovite

#63671
Locality
Shkatulka peg., Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt., Lovozero, Kola Peninsula, Russia 
Formula
Na2BeSi2O6 
Availability
Available
Price
$60.00
Size
2 x 2 x 1.2 cm - Thumbnail 
Tagged
beryllium  
Special Info
XRD Confirmed 
Special Info
EDS Confirmed 

White, translucent crystalline specimen. Chkalovite is a rare beryllium silicate described in 1939, found Quebec, Greenland and Russia. This specimen is composed of nearly all white to clear Chkalovite. It was identified by Dr. Igor Pekov.


Chkalovite

Formula
Na2BeSi2O6 
Crystal System
Orthorhombic 
Crystal Habit
Equant Grains 
Cleavage
Fair, Indistinct, None 
Luster
Vitreous - Greasy 
Color
colorless, white 
Streak
white 
Class
Orthorhombic - Pyramidal 
Fracture
Brittle - Conchoidal 
Hardness
Special Info
XRD Confirmed
Special Info
EDS Confirmed

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