General Information:
Chemical Formula:(Na,Ce,La,Ba)2TiSi3O5(OH)10·n(H2O) (?)
Environment:Cavities in the central zone of the Jubilee stratified pegmatite. Rapidly disinterates in air.
IMA Status:Approved IMA 1972
Locality:Lovozero alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Name Origin:Named for the locality.
Physical Properties: Cleavage:[???] Perfect, [???] Perfect
Color:bright yellow or light yellow.
Density:2.2
Habits:Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline)., Platy - Sheet forms (e.g. micas)., Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix.
Hardness:1 - Talc
Luster:Vitreous (Glassy)
Streak:white
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