SCANDINAVIAN MINERALS
Yellow-greenish-brown glassy (vitreous) Mosandrite, var: Lovchorrite from the Lovchorrite mine,
Hackman Valley, Yukspor Mt., Khibiny Massif, Kola, Murmansk, Russia.
Mosandrite is a complex mineral and the status and definitions of the closely related Na-Ca-REE-Ti-Nb silicates of the rinkite group is still going on.
All our specimens were collected at the Lovchorrite mine site in summer 1998.
The chemical formula is: (Ca3REE)[(H2O)2Ca0.5◻0.5]Ti(Si2O7)2(OH)2(H2O)2
Additional reading Mindat.org
All prices are in Swedish currency or US$.
Minimum order 100:- SEK. (= €10, $10, £12)
Discount is available.This Lot was published in November 2024.
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Item:mos1. Mosandrite, var: Lovchorrite, Lovchorrite mine, Yukspor Mt., Kola, Murmansk, Russia.
Size: 2.5x1.8cm. 215:-SEK. US$22.00. Weight: 11.5g. Close to cutting grade. |
Item:mos2. Mosandrite, var: Lovchorrite, Lovchorrite mine, Yukspor Mt., Kola, Murmansk, Russia.
Size: 2.5x1cm. 85:-SEK. US$9.00. Weight: 5.5g. Close to cutting grade in orthoclase matrix. |
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Item:mos3. Mosandrite, var: Lovchorrite, Lovchorrite
mine, Yukspor Mt., Kola, Murmansk, Russia. Size: 4x2cm. 300:-SEK. US$30.00. Weight: 17.1g. Visible crystals on all sides. Aegerine in matrix. |
Item:mos4. Mosandrite, var: Lovchorrite, Lovchorrite
mine, Yukspor Mt., Kola, Murmansk, Russia. Size: 2.8x1.3cm. 110:-SEK. US$11.00. Weight: 4.8g. 50% is mosandrite with an orthoclase matrix. |
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Item:mos5. Mosandrite, var: Lovchorrite, Lovchorrite
mine, Yukspor Mt., Kola, Murmansk, Russia. Size: 1.8x1.7cm. 360:-SEK. US$36.00. 100% Mosandrite. Weight: 4.8g or 31.15ct. |
Item:mos6. Mosandrite, var: Lovchorrite, Lovchorrite mine,
Yukspor Mt., Kola, Murmansk, Russia. Size: 4.3x2.1cm. 110:-SEK. US$11.00. Weight: 22g. 50% is mosandrite with orthoclase matrix. |
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Item:mos7. Mosandrite, var: Lovchorrite, Lovchorrite mine,
Yukspor Mt., Kola, Murmansk, Russia. Size: 3x2.5cm. 115:-SEK. US$12.00. Weight: 14.5g. 50% is mosandrite with feldspar matrix. |
Item:mos8. Mosandrite, var: Lovchorrite, Lovchorrite mine,
Yukspor Mt., Kola, Murmansk, Russia. Size: 3x1.6cm. 40:-SEK. US$4.00. Weight: 8.1g. Small mosandrite with orthoclase matrix with aegerine. |
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Item:mos9. Mosandrite, var: Lovchorrite, Lovchorrite mine,
Yukspor Mt., Kola, Murmansk, Russia. Size: 3.2x2.6cm. 25:-SEK. US$3.00. Weight: 10.8g. 50% is mosandrite with orthoclase matrix. |
Item:mos10. Mosandrite, var: Lovchorrite, Lovchorrite mine,
Yukspor Mt., Kola, Murmansk, Russia. Size: 3.9x2cm. 115:-SEK. US$12.00. Weight: 13.6g. 25% is mosandrite with aegerine matrix. |
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Item:mos11. Mosandrite, var: Lovchorrite, Lovchorrite mine,
Yukspor Mt., Kola, Murmansk, Russia. Size: 4x2.4cm. 95:-SEK. US$10.00. Weight: 25.8g. 20% is mosandrite with orthoclase matrix. |
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Item:mos12. Mosandrite, var: Lovchorrite, Lovchorrite mine,
Yukspor Mt., Kola, Murmansk, Russia. Size: 3.4x3.7cm. 75:-SEK. US$8.00. Weight: 37.2g. 10% is mosandrite with orthoclase matrix. |
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Item:mos13. Mosandrite, var: Lovchorrite, Lovchorrite mine,
Yukspor Mt., Kola, Murmansk, Russia. Size: 4.4x3cm. 75:-SEK. US$8.00. Weight: 31.5g. 10% is mosandrite with orthoclase, aegerine matrix. |
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Item:mos14. Mosandrite, var: Lovchorrite, Lovchorrite mine,
Yukspor Mt., Kola, Murmansk, Russia. Size: 4.2x2.5cm. 125:-SEK. US$13.00. Weight: 31.7g. Spiked mosandrite crystals with orthoclase, aegerine matrix. Yellow dull films of Vudyavrite. |