Natisite and Vitusite-(Ce) from Khibiny, Russia

Contributed by: Simone Conti
minID: 2JN-JFD
Date: Apr 8th, 2026
Locality: Rasvumchorr Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia (See on Mindat)
Size: 10 x 4 x 10 cm
Weight: 591.7 g

Description:
A “rischorrite” rock with some interesting fluorescent minerals. In what I call the front, there is a nice galaxy of natisite dots, fluorescent bright blue under shortwave UV light. On the back side, some natisite is still visible at the bottom, but what is most visible is a vein of an unidentified green fluorescent mineral, some dots of orange fluorescent sodalite (under longwave UV), and a few little crystal of vitusite-Ce, fluorescent violet under shortwave and midwave UV. The red and yellow colors are artifact of the photograph; mostly sodalite fluorescence overlapping the green or the violet.