kovdorskite


Kovdorskite is only known from Kovdor so far. Here it occurs in two colors, blue and pink. Crystals are common, 
but because of the perfect cleavage, it is almost impossible to retrieve crystalline matrix specimen. This is a 3 cm pocket 
full of perfect pink Kovdorskite crystals.

 


Blue massive Kovdorskite from the Zheleznyi quarry in Kovdor.
[both photo's and collection: Maurice de Graaf]