Ussingite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Ussingite

Images

A 3.9 by 2.7 cms mass of lilac Ussingite with some yellowish Vuonnemite, from Umbozero mine, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia

© Photo by John Sobolewski (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY 3.0

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of ussingite from Lovozero, Russia. Size: 7cm

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Photograph of a specimen of ussingite from Lovozero, Russia. Size: 7cm

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Longwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of ussingite from Lovozero, Russia. Size: 7cm

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Properties

Formula	Na₂AlSi₃O₈(OH)
Abbreviation	Usg
IMA Status	Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1915
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Crystal symmetry	Triclinic, Point group 1, Space group P1 (#2)
Tags	Hydroxide , Mineral, Aluminosilicate

Composition

Element	Atoms
O	9
H	1
Al	1
Si	3
Na	2
Total:	16

Reference

Reference	Lines	Spectra	Images
Hamblen 2003	0	0	3