Mineral Specimen and Product Inventory Search
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $60.00
- Locality
- Shkatulka peg., Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt., Lovozero, Kola Peninsula, Russia
- Formula
- Na2BeSi2O6
- 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.