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Thorosteenstrupine

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Thorosteenstrupine

Ex. VANDENBERGHE Collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Koashva Open Pit, Koashva Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm
Description

Fine specimen with some black areas of thorosteenstrupine with typical glassy surface.  

Thorosteenstrupine is only known from six localities worldwide. Rare.

From the collection of Luc VANDENBERGHE, longtime mindat member and famous Belgian u-mineral collector. Specimen of a very well kept collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thorosteenstrupine

Formula: 
CaMnThSi4O11(OH)F·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.CK.20
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Chergilen REE occurrence, Chekunda Town, Turana Range, Verkhnii Mel'gin River, Verkhnebureinsky District, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia...

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Postage Area Price
Germany (insured parcel) < 3 kg: 6 $
$6
Germany (insured parcel) > 3 kg - 10 kg: 9.50 $
$9.50
Worldwide, tracked < 1 kg: 9.50 $
$9.50
Worldwide, tracked > 1 kg up to 2 kg: 28 $
$28
European Union, tracked > 1 kg up to 2 kg: 18 $
$18

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