Keywords: Shkatulkaite, Belovite-(Ce), Umbozerite, Ussingite, Sérandite, Manganoneptunite, Vuonnemite-576102.jpg The orange stuff mostly on the left and bottom right is sérandite The red/brown stuff is manganoneptunite with very dark green umbozerite grains and cream/white shkatulkaite mixed in here and there The pink/violet stuff is ussingite The dark actually dark green blobs are altering umbozerite but they don ™t have the usual radiating structure Most of the shkatulkaite and vuonnemite is in the upper right The belovite is greenish but it is on the back child photo and is too small to make out at this scale in any case The white stuff on top is probably microcline There are also a couple of small blebs of black bitumen Some of the species/features are not really visible at the scale of the photo See the list of close-ups below Strangely for me the ussingite appears to fluoresce bright pale greenish SW and there is a band of white scaly pearly material between layers of more platy shkatulkalite right most tip that fluoresces bright orange/yellow According to Pekov Lovozero Massif p 427 Vuonnemitre alteration gives origin for thin-flaked aggregates of epistolite and shkatulkalite But I would not expect such aggregates to fluoresce Shkatulkait Belovit- Ce Umbozerit Ussingit Sérandit Manganoneptunit Vuonnemit Größe 39 mm x 34 mm x 19 mm Fundort Shkatulka-Pegmatit Umbozero Mine Umbozerskii Mine Alluaiv Mt Lovozero Massiv Halbinsel Kola Oblast Murmansk Russland 2013-12-02 http //www mindat org/photo-576104 html http //www mindat org/user-11235 html 0 Modris Baum Modris Baum Shkatulkaite Belovite- Ce Umbozerite Ussingite Sérandite Manganoneptunite Vuonnemite Files by Modris Baum from mindat |