- Yuksporite
Yuksporite is a rare
pink inosilicate mineral with thechemical formula (K,Ba)(Na,Sr)Ca2(Si,Ti)4O11(F,OH)·H2O. It hasorthorhombic crystals. [Fleischer, Michael & Mandarino, Joseph, "Glossary of Mineral Species", The Mineralogical Record, 1991]It has been reported from
nepheline syenite occurrences in theKola Peninsula andYakutia ,Russia . It was first described in 1923 and named for the localities near Mt. Yukspor, Kola Peninsula. [http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/yuksporite.pdf Mineral Handbook]References
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