ussingite
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- Mineral.name
- Ussingite
- Mineral.image
- Ussingite, Vuonnemite-294589.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Ussingite from Shkatulka pegmatite, Umbozero mine (Umbozerskii mine), Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
- Mineral.category
- Phyllosilicate minerals
- Mineral.formula
- Na2AlSi3O8OH
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Usg
- Mineral.strunz
- 9.EH.20
- Mineral.system
- Triclinic
- Mineral.class
- Pinacoidal () (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P
- Mineral.color
- pale to medium violet, reddish violet; sometimes barely tinted purple
- Mineral.fracture
- irregular/ uneven
- Mineral.tenacity
- brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 6–7
- Mineral.luster
- sub-vitreous
- Mineral.streak
- white
- Mineral.diaphaneity
- transparent, translucent
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- Image
- Ussingite, Vuonnemite-294589.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.EH.20
- Commons category
- Ussingite
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.EH.20
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Usg
- chemical formula
- Na₂AlSi₃O₈(OH)
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VIII/F.09 – Anhang
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Ussingite is a silicate mineral with formula Na2AlSi3O8(OH).
It was named for Niels Viggo Ussing (1864–1911), Copenhagen, Denmark.
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