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Qilianshanite & Nahcolite

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Qilianshanite & Nahcolite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Alkali Lake, Lake County, Oregon, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with some colorless crystalline coatings and single crystals of extremely rare qilianshanite with white clusters of nahcolite. One of only two localities for this extremely rare species! Verified sample. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Qilianshanite

Formula: 
NaHCO3·H3BO3·2H2O
Strunz: 
6.H0.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Juhongtu B deposit, Yashatu, Delhi Co. (Delingha Co.), Haixi Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China

Nahcolite

Formula: 
NaHCO3
Strunz: 
5.AA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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