TXC30 Loparite

N'orkpakhk Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Russia

6.7x 5.0x 3.8 cm             

$175

A specimen hosting a twinned loparite crystal on a matrix composed of various typical Kola minerals.

I'm guessing the red stuff is villiaumite, the green and white are anybody's guess (and I'm sure at least a few of you would be able to guess quite accurately...)

This mineral is not usually seen for sale online; every once in a while some Russian dealers have nice ones in Tucson-- some years there are none, some years they are bad, but this year there were some good ones.  I had been wanting to buy one for a while, but really didn't see one I liked until this one.