Mineral: Quintinite (Group) with Calcite, Phlogopite and Magnetite
Locality: Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia
Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 4 cm / main crystal: 2.1 cm.
Description: Mass: 259 g
MIM number:2180
Druses of very well formed crystals for the species, dark orange-red and translucent, with pointed hexagonal terminations, on a matrix of phlogopite, calcite and magnetite.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliot
Publications: "Mineralyi Kovdora - Minerals of the Kovdor Massif", "Kovdor"
Ex collection: V.N. Yakovenchuk (Russie)
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