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Kukharenkoite-(Ce) crystals
© Doug Merson
Kukharenkoite-(Ce) crystals
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Kukharenkoite-(Ce) crystals
© Jason B. Smith
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Kukharenkoite-(Ce), formerly UK #65, is rare at MSH. The reference in the European Journal of Mineralogy has Kola Peninsula and Mont Saint-Hilaire as co-type localities.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Color ranges from white to silver gray.
Luster is vitreous to greasy.
Diaphaneity is transparent to translucent.
Crystal System is monoclinic;
Crystal Habits include dendrites, stellate groups and prismatic
bladed crystals.
Cleavage none apparent.
Fracture is uneven.
Hardness is 4.5
Specific Gravity is approximately 4.7 g/cm
Streak is white.
Associated Minerals include cordylite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, rutile
and siderite.
Distinguishing Features: Crystal habits.
Origin: Named in 1996 after Alexander A. Kukhanrenko (1914-1993),
Russian professor of geology.
CLASSIFICATION:
Dana System
# 16a.1.8.2
Strunz Classification
# V/C.7-155
REFERENCES:
EJM 8:1327-1336(1997)
DISTRIBUTION AND RARITY AT MONT SAINT-HILAIRE:
MSH
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