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Chiyokoite

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Chiyokoite

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Description
Locality: 
Fuka Mine, Bitchu-cho, Takahashi, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.8 × 1.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with rich pink clusters of chiyokoite crystals on matrix with pentahydroborite crystals and a sparse unknown blue mineral pseudo after henmilite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chiyokoite

Formula: 
Ca3Si(CO3){[B(OH)4]0.5(AsO3)0.5}(OH)6·12H2O
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Type Locality: 
Fuka Mine, Bitchu-cho, Takahashi, Honshu Island, Japan

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