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Boracite

Dan Behnke collection
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Sondershausen, Kyffhäuserkreis, Thuringia, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 0.3 × 0.4 cm
Description

ILLUSTRATED!! You are bidding on a small but perfect cluster of gemmy boracite crystals from this classic German locale. The sample has been illustrated in Encyclopedia of Minerals, 2nd Edition 1990 and in Photo Atlas of Minerals 2007. Comes with four original slides taken by Dan and original collection index card. 

This sample is from the collection of Dan Behnke, long-time friend, micromounter and prodigious photographer. I am pleased to be able to offer selections from his large collection, many of which are illustrated specimens in Rocks & Minerals, The Mineralogiocal Record, Photo Atlas of Minerals and many other publications. All samples from his meticulously catalogued collection will come with his original index card with all notes, photography annotations and other pertinent information, as well as any slides Dan may have taken of the sample with publication notes and date the photo was made.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Boracite

Formula: 
Mg3(B7O13)Cl
Strunz: 
6.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Lüneburger Kalkberg, Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

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