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Lakargiite

Mineral:

Lakargiite: CaZrO3

Comments:

BSE image of a pseudomorph of lakargiite after zircon. Cus = cuspidine, Lak = lakargiite, Zr-grt = kimzeyite-like mineral, Zrn = zircon, Bgd = baghdadite-like mineral, and Ap = apatite. (AmMin, v93:1905).

Location:

North Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia.

Scale:

See Image.

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