Mosandrite-(Ce), Biotite, Microcline, Aegirine, Nepheline

Låven, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Tabular crystals of Mosandrite in paragenesis with Nepheline, Aegirine, Biotite (probably Annite) and Molybdenite embedded in Microcline Feldspar, field of view 80 mm, collection C.&H. Schäfer

Mosandrite-(Ce), Eudialyte

Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

39 x 40 mm specimen with lustrous brown mosandrite and red-pink eudialyte. Additional view uploaded.RFC1416.

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Specimen and photograph by Arnaldo Brunetti Field of view: 3mm

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

A 3.6 by 2.1 cms specimen of rough translucent crystals. JSS specimen and photograph.

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Specimen and photo by Arnaldo Brunetti. FOV 3mm Mosandrite cluster with circular and spherical unknowns. Found (2009)

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Jönköping County, Sweden

Light brown mosandrite-(Ce) running diagonally across frame. Photographed by and in the collection of Douglas Merson.

Mosandrite-(Ce), Feldspar Group

Langesundsfjorden, Norway

Greyish-brown bladed crystal section of mosandrite-(Ce) partially embedded in creamy alkali feldspar. Purchased in 1981. [labelled (erronously ?) as coming from Vesle Arøya, Mosandrite-(Ce) is not known from this specific locality.]

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Låven, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Large altered Mosandrite crystal (~60 x 40 x 10 mm³) in parts replaced by an intergrowth of Fluorite, Aegirine and further minerals. The Mosandrite is embedded in Feldspar and in association with Nepheline, Catapleiite and Annite, collection C.&H. Schäfer

Mosandrite-(Ce), Nepheline, Feldspar Group

Bjørndalen Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Brown mosandrite in matrix. Here it is embedded in greenish nepheline and feldspar. This is probably the only quarry in Tvedalen where this mineral is found. Other localities are in syenite pegmatites in the Langesundsfjord area or the quarries called Saga 1 and Sagåsen at Mørje. This specimen was collected by S. A. Berge. Size of specimen: 7 ...

Mosandrite-(Ce)

"The Pit", Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Jönköping County, Sweden

2.8 x 2.5 x 1.0 cm overall November 2012 - with help from Mindat expert Pavel who has analyzed material from the same locality: It does not contain any of Zr, but contains LREE. It is mosandrite. Not Rosenbuschite. Thank you Pavel!

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

A 4.5 by 3.7 cms brown crystalline mass with minor pink Eudialite. JSS specimen and photograph.

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Big Rock Quarry, Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA

Pale yellow crystal of mosandrite in pegmatite from 3M Big Rock Quarry. These mosandrite crystals were only found in "border" pegmatites near the contact zone of the syenite with the Stanley Shale. Most mosandrite was altered to pseudomorphic masses of catapleiite, fluorite, etc. by late stage fluids. They are typically associated with fibrous ...

Mosandrite-(Ce), Eudialyte, Aegirine

Takhtarvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Cinnamon Mosandrite with pink Eudialite and green-black Aegyrine Sample size: 7 X 3,5 Collectionand photo: Arliguie M

Mosandrite-(Ce), Arfvedsonite

"The Pit", Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Jönköping County, Sweden

Mosandrite needles in arfvedsonite-rich matrix. Specimen 4.6 x 2.8 cm. Collection and photograph Norman King.

Mosandrite-(Ce), Eudialyte

Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Prismatic brown greenish Mosandrite crystals with red granular Eudialyte. Rare in distinct crystals. 5x2,5 cm. In my personal collection. Photo Simone Citon.

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

A lovely fan shaped arrangement of Mosandrite (or is it Rinkite ?) crystals. FOV is about 4 mm. Bill Lechner specimen and photo.

Mosandrite-(Ce), Aegirine, Eudialyte

Eudialyte Pass, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Light brownish, glassy crystals of Mosandrite, var. Lovchorrite partly altered to titanite etc. with greenish black aegirine, some pink-reddish eudialyte in greyish-white feldspar matrix (microcline ?) from Eudialyte Pass between Kuelporr Mt. and Marchenko Mt, Khibiny, Kola, Russia. [In Mindat the variety lovchorrite is definied as mosandrite, ...

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Eveslogchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

FOV 6 x 6 mm Collection and photo Roberto Bosi

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

FOC 10 mm, Mosandrit, with Ægerin, Phlogopit.

Mosandrite-(Ce), Microcline

Låven, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Large, platy, partly altered mosandrite crystal in microcline matrix. The crystal are partly hydrothermally altered and may be replaced by fluorite, calcite, pyrochlore, magnetite, pyrophanite etc. [label in exhibition only refers to the area] The specimen is about 15 cm long. Photographed trough glass. Exhibited in the Bergen Museum, Bergen, ...

Mosandrite-(Ce), Magnesio-arfvedsonite, Albite

Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Brown crystals of rinkite to 0.7 cm with dark green magnesio-arfvedsonite in white albite.

Mosandrite-(Ce)

"The Pit", Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Jönköping County, Sweden

Light brown mosandrites to 15 mm in length in matrix.

Mosandrite-(Ce), Aegirine

Big Rock Quarry, Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA

Sony Alpha 7R ii, bellows, Mitutoyo M Plan 20x, aperture, Raynox DCR-250 retro, Stack-Master linear actor, stack shot control. Brown Mosandrite-Ce spears with Aegirine needles. Collection and photo: Stephan Wolfsried

Mosandrite-(Ce), Ancylite-(Ce), Serandite

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Enhanced crop of this image, emphasizing the tiny (about 0.2 mm) but well-formed mosandrite crystals projecting from an albite tablet, and the pale pink ancylite clusters on serandite.

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Jönköping County, Sweden

Tan mosandrite-(Ce) crystals in lakarpite.

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

I bought this from Nikolai Brandner of Russian Minerals at the Tucson Gem and Mineral show 2019. My XRF shows Ti La Ce Fe Th Sr Y Nb

Mosandrite-(Ce)

"The Pit", Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Jönköping County, Sweden

Mosandrite-(Ce) crystals in Lakarpite matrix.

Mosandrite-(Ce), Eudialyte

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Green mosandrite-(Ce) XX with red eudialyte. Obtained from G&C Siccardi - YourMineralCollection (recommended`). Canon 5D mk III, Zeiss Luminar 25 mm 1 : 3.5 with bellow. Stacking with Wemacro.

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Låven, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Several brown mosandrite-(Ce) crystals in white feldspar. The 2.7 cm main crystal is bent, has terminations, is fresh, unalterd and shows several faces. Photo & Collection: Michael Krause

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Arøyskjærene North, Arøyskjærene, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

A 12 x 10 cm specimen with an embedded crystal of mosandrite-(Ce) (or rinkite-(Ce)) in matrix from Arøyskjærene, Langesundsfjorden, Vestfold, Norway.

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

A rich orange-brown piece of translucent mosandrite specimen from the Kola Peninsula of Russia.

Mosandrite-(Ce), Nepheline, Sodalite

Sagåsen, Auenlandet, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

Mosandrite-(Ce) with nepheline, microcline and sodalite from Sagåsen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway.

Mosandrite-(Ce), Natrolite

Saga 1 Quarry, Sagåsen, Auenlandet, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

A 15 x 14 cm specimen with a large crystal of mosandrite-(Ce) in natrolite ("spreustein") from Saga 1 Quarry, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway.

Mosandrite-(Ce), Molybdenite, Biotite, Fluorite, Microcline, Nepheline

Låven, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Two horizontal, brown mosandrite-(Ce) crystals in white microcline and gray nepheline matrix, with black annite at right, metallic molybdenite at upper left and purple fluorite alteration within the mosandrites.

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Light Yellow radiated crystals of Mosandrite-Ce. Photo with Canon Eos 600 D + Bellows + Rodenstock Rodagon 35 mm 1:4,0 reversed. Photo and collection Giovanni Scapin.

Mosandrite-(Ce) (Var: Lovchorrite), Fersmanite

Kirovskii apatite mine, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Very fresh greenish-yellow glassy Lovchorrite (var. of Mosandrite) with minor brown granular Fersmanite. Orthoclase crystal is greyish-white. Specimen size is 8.5x5.5x3.5 cm and its radioactivity is 150 μR/h. Collected by Alexei Akilin in 1987 at 252 m level, transport ort N31 in 150 m from Eastern transport shtrek. Pavel M. Kartashov collection ...

Mosandrite-(Ce) (Var: Lovchorrite)

Lovchorrite Mine, Hackman Valley, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

A piece of greenish-brownish glassy Mosandrite, variety Lovchorrite from the Lovchorrite mine, Hackman valley, Khibina, Kola, Russia. Photo & collection (#1031): Knut Edvard Larsen

Mosandrite-(Ce) (Var: Lovchorrite)

Lovchorrite Mine, Hackman Valley, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

1.1cm x 2.1cm Dark orange massive Lovchorrite in unidentified matrix

Mosandrite-(Ce) (Var: Lovchorrite)

Lovchorrite Mine, Hackman Valley, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Brown glassy Lovchorrite in unidentified matrix Ex Chris Deroo collection Acquired from Rik Dillen at his garage sale on 25 May 2019

Mosandrite-(Ce) (Var: Lovchorrite)

Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Yellow-brown, glassy mosandrite-Ce, var. lovchorrite in aegirine matrix. Former Jaroslav Hyrsl collection. Rolf Luetcke specimen and photo.

Mosandrite-(Ce), Eudialyte

Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

39 x 40 mm specimen with lustrous brown mosandrite and red-pink eudialyte. Additional view uploaded.RFC1416.

Mosandrite-(Ce), Biotite, Microcline, Aegirine, Nepheline

Låven, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Tabular crystals of Mosandrite in paragenesis with Nepheline, Aegirine, Biotite (probably Annite) and Molybdenite embedded in Microcline Feldspar, field of view 80 mm, collection C.&H. Schäfer

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Specimen and photograph by Arnaldo Brunetti Field of view: 3mm

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Specimen and photo by Arnaldo Brunetti. FOV 3mm Mosandrite cluster with circular and spherical unknowns. Found (2009)

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

A 3.6 by 2.1 cms specimen of rough translucent crystals. JSS specimen and photograph.

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Jönköping County, Sweden

Light brown mosandrite-(Ce) running diagonally across frame. Photographed by and in the collection of Douglas Merson.

Mosandrite-(Ce), Nepheline, Feldspar Group

Bjørndalen Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Mosandrite-(Ce), Feldspar Group

Langesundsfjorden, Norway

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Låven, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Mosandrite-(Ce)

"The Pit", Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Jönköping County, Sweden

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

A 4.5 by 3.7 cms brown crystalline mass with minor pink Eudialite. JSS specimen and photograph.

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Big Rock Quarry, Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA

Mosandrite-(Ce), Eudialyte

Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Prismatic brown greenish Mosandrite crystals with red granular Eudialyte. Rare in distinct crystals. 5x2,5 cm. In my personal collection. Photo Simone Citon.

Mosandrite-(Ce), Eudialyte, Aegirine

Takhtarvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Cinnamon Mosandrite with pink Eudialite and green-black Aegyrine Sample size: 7 X 3,5 Collectionand photo: Arliguie M

Mosandrite-(Ce), Arfvedsonite

"The Pit", Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Jönköping County, Sweden

Mosandrite needles in arfvedsonite-rich matrix. Specimen 4.6 x 2.8 cm. Collection and photograph Norman King.

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

A lovely fan shaped arrangement of Mosandrite (or is it Rinkite ?) crystals. FOV is about 4 mm. Bill Lechner specimen and photo.

Mosandrite-(Ce), Aegirine, Eudialyte

Eudialyte Pass, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Eveslogchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

FOV 6 x 6 mm Collection and photo Roberto Bosi

Mosandrite-(Ce), Magnesio-arfvedsonite, Albite

Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Brown crystals of rinkite to 0.7 cm with dark green magnesio-arfvedsonite in white albite.

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

FOC 10 mm, Mosandrit, with Ægerin, Phlogopit.

Mosandrite-(Ce), Microcline

Låven, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Mosandrite-(Ce)

"The Pit", Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Jönköping County, Sweden

Light brown mosandrites to 15 mm in length in matrix.

Mosandrite-(Ce), Aegirine

Big Rock Quarry, Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA

Mosandrite-(Ce), Ancylite-(Ce), Serandite

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Enhanced crop of this image, emphasizing the tiny (about 0.2 mm) but well-formed mosandrite crystals projecting from an albite tablet, and the pale pink ancylite clusters on serandite.

Mosandrite-(Ce)

"The Pit", Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Jönköping County, Sweden

Mosandrite-(Ce) crystals in Lakarpite matrix.

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Jönköping County, Sweden

Tan mosandrite-(Ce) crystals in lakarpite.

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

I bought this from Nikolai Brandner of Russian Minerals at the Tucson Gem and Mineral show 2019. My XRF shows Ti La Ce Fe Th Sr Y Nb

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Låven, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Several brown mosandrite-(Ce) crystals in white feldspar. The 2.7 cm main crystal is bent, has terminations, is fresh, unalterd and shows several faces. Photo & Collection: Michael Krause

Mosandrite-(Ce), Eudialyte

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Green mosandrite-(Ce) XX with red eudialyte. Obtained from G&C Siccardi - YourMineralCollection (recommended`). Canon 5D mk III, Zeiss Luminar 25 mm 1 : 3.5 with bellow. Stacking with Wemacro.

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Arøyskjærene North, Arøyskjærene, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

A 12 x 10 cm specimen with an embedded crystal of mosandrite-(Ce) (or rinkite-(Ce)) in matrix from Arøyskjærene, Langesundsfjorden, Vestfold, Norway.

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

A rich orange-brown piece of translucent mosandrite specimen from the Kola Peninsula of Russia.

Mosandrite-(Ce), Nepheline, Sodalite

Sagåsen, Auenlandet, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

Mosandrite-(Ce) with nepheline, microcline and sodalite from Sagåsen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway.

Mosandrite-(Ce), Natrolite

Saga 1 Quarry, Sagåsen, Auenlandet, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

A 15 x 14 cm specimen with a large crystal of mosandrite-(Ce) in natrolite ("spreustein") from Saga 1 Quarry, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway.

Mosandrite-(Ce), Molybdenite, Biotite, Fluorite, Microcline, Nepheline

Låven, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Mosandrite-(Ce)

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Light Yellow radiated crystals of Mosandrite-Ce. Photo with Canon Eos 600 D + Bellows + Rodenstock Rodagon 35 mm 1:4,0 reversed. Photo and collection Giovanni Scapin.

Mosandrite-(Ce) (Var: Lovchorrite), Fersmanite

Kirovskii apatite mine, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Mosandrite-(Ce) (Var: Lovchorrite)

Lovchorrite Mine, Hackman Valley, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

A piece of greenish-brownish glassy Mosandrite, variety Lovchorrite from the Lovchorrite mine, Hackman valley, Khibina, Kola, Russia. Photo & collection (#1031): Knut Edvard Larsen

Mosandrite-(Ce) (Var: Lovchorrite)

Lovchorrite Mine, Hackman Valley, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

1.1cm x 2.1cm Dark orange massive Lovchorrite in unidentified matrix

Mosandrite-(Ce) (Var: Lovchorrite)

Lovchorrite Mine, Hackman Valley, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Brown glassy Lovchorrite in unidentified matrix Ex Chris Deroo collection Acquired from Rik Dillen at his garage sale on 25 May 2019

Mosandrite-(Ce) (Var: Lovchorrite)

Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Yellow-brown, glassy mosandrite-Ce, var. lovchorrite in aegirine matrix. Former Jaroslav Hyrsl collection. Rolf Luetcke specimen and photo.