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Shijiangshanite

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Description
Locality: 
Shijiangshan Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.5 × 1.4 cm
Description

New find! A very small number of new shijiangshanite samples have been found from the type locality for this unusual Pb bearing species. This is a thumbnail covered in hundreds of small, trigonal pink crystals of the mineral in association with tabular calcite, fibrous johnbaumite and other minerals. Rare! 

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Shijiangshanite

Formula: 
Pb3CaAl(Si5O14)(OH)3 · 3H2O>
Strunz: 
9.DK.
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Type Locality: 
Shijiangshan Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China

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