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36 Minerals

Y- Yuksporite

Y- Yuksporite

$42.00 USD
$42.00 USD
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Y is for yuksporite

All prints are of digital paintings of minerals created with archival ink and paper. Each print is signed by the artist. You can watch the painting process in the video below.

Materials

All prints are printed on Red River 60lb Polar White paper with archival ink.

Shipping & Returns

Shipping is from my studio in Baltimore, MD to anywhere in the Continental United States. Orders over $100 ship free of charge.

8" x 10" prints ship flat pack, and the two larger sizes ship in a tube.

Dimensions

I currently offer 3 sizes of prints. You can select sizes above.

Care Instructions

All prints are printed on archival paper with archival ink, but I do recommend you protect your print within a glass frame. I've chosen 3 common sizes that are easy to find a variety of frame styles an price points for.

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Yuksporite

Yuksporite is a rare mineral with a complicated chemical formula that shows pleochroism, an optical phenomenon in which a substance has different colors when observed at different angles.

  • Chemical Formula

    K4(Ca,Na)14Sr2Mn(Ti,Nb)4(O,OH)4(Si6O17)2(Si2O7)3(H2O,OH)3.

  • Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness

    4.5-5

  • Streak

    Nearly white to white

  • Geological Setting

    The only occurrences reported are in Russia. At the Khibiny massif it occurs in veins in nepheline syenite associated with titanite, pectolite, astrophyllite, biotite and aegirine.