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Pinnoite & Ulexite

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Pinnoite & Ulexite

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Description
Locality: 
Inder B Deposit, Inder, Atyrau Oblysy, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a world class sample of pinnoite with thousands of crystals in clusters and singles sitting on top of fibrous white ulexite. A really fantastic piece and completely free of damage. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pinnoite

Formula: 
Mg[B2O(OH)6]
Strunz: 
6.BB.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Ulexite

Formula: 
NaCa[B5O6(OH)6]·5H2O
Strunz: 
6.EA.25
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile

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