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Cahnite & Borcarite

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Cahnite & Borcarite

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Description
Locality: 
Shijiangshan Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a fantastic miniature with clusters of green borcarite crystals covered in dozens and dozens of nice cahnite crystals. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cahnite

Formula: 
Ca2[B(OH)4](AsO4)
Strunz: 
6.AC.70
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Borcarite

Formula: 
Ca4Mg(B4O6(OH)6)(CO3)2
Strunz: 
6.DA.40
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Snezhnoe B oreoccurrence, Izvestkovyi Stream, Titovskoe B deposit, Tas-Khayakhtakh Range, Dogdo River Basin, Polar Yakutia, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

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