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1.9" Eudialyte Specimen - Kukisvumchorr Mountain, Russia
This is a section of rough, purple-magenta eudialyte collected from Kukisvumchorr Mountain in western Russia's Kola Peninsula. It contains clusters of brown lamprophyllite as well as grayish microcline feldspar. It has been mounted to an acrylic display base with mineral tack.
Eudialyte is an uncommon ore of zirconium that forms in alkaline igneous rocks such as nepheline syenites. Eudialyte is as a minor gemstone, but its use is limited by its rarity, which is compounded by its poor crystal habit. Eudialyte's rarity makes locality useful in its identification. Its prominent localities include Mont Saint-Hilaire in Québec, Canada; the Kola Peninsula in northwestern Russia; and Poços de Caldas in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
SPECIES
Eudialyte, Lamprophyllite & Feldspar var. Microcline
LOCATION
Kirovsky Mine, Kukisvumchorr Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Russia
SIZE
1.9" wide
CATEGORY
ITEM
#283134
