Kupletskite

kupletskite

gonnardite

pectolite

pyrophanite

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Formula: K₂NaMn²⁺₇Ti₂Si₈O₂₆(OH)₄F
Inosilicate (chain silicate), kupletskite group, astrophyllite supergroup, forms a series with astrophyllite, manganese- and titanium- bearing mineral
Crystal System: Triclinic
Specific gravity: 3.20 to 3.36 measured, 3.05 calculated
Hardness: 4
Streak: Brown
Colour: Dark brown to black, brown, yellow
Environments:

Pegmatites

Kupletskite is found in nepheline syenite and syenite pegmatites (Webmin).

Localities

Kupletskite has two co-type Localities, Kuivchorr Mountain, and Pegmatite number 47, Lepkhe-Nel'm Mountain, Seidozero Lake, both in the Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia.
At the Lepkhe-Nel'm Mountain, kupletskite has been found with microcline, natrolite and apatite (FM 85256).

Kupletskite occurs in four pegmatites of the Lovozero massif of alkalic rocks, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It occurs mainly in a natrolite-rich central part of the pegmatites, associated with schizolite and neptunite, also in small amounts in the border zone of the pegmatite in microcline and eudialyte which are associated with nepheline and aegirine, and also in small amounts in the nepheline syenites themselves (AM 42.118-119). Associated minerals include manganoan pectolite, neptunite, microcline, eudialyte, nepheline and aegirine (HOM, Dana).

At the 3M quarry, Little Rock, Pulaski county, Arizona, USA, kupletskite occurs with aegirine, analcime, gonnardite, apophyllite, eggletonite and pyrophanite (HOM, Dana).

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