Description: Ussingite, Vuonnemite, Sphalerite 7 x 4,5 x 3 cm Lovozero Massive, Kola Peninsula, Russia Probably from the Shkatulka pegmatite - to be confirmed. The purple material is the Ussingite; they yellow plate on the top is Vuonnemite, Sphalerite is seen as bright yellow grains in the Ussingite. The small black dots might be Steenstrupine-(Ce), that is much less common in the Kola intrusions than in Ilímaussaq.

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