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Borcarite

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Borcarite

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Description
Locality: 
Nalednoe B Deposit, Tas-Khayakhtakh Range, Dogdo River, Polar Yakutia, Sakha Republic, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1 × 0.6 cm
Description

Small sample of the rare borate borcarite as pale aqua coloured massive crystalline masses.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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