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Frolovite & Fedorovskite On Kurchatovite

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Frolovite & Fedorovskite On Kurchatovite

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Description
Locality: 
Solongo, Ozernoe Area, Buryatia Republic, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Small veins of colourless frolovite rimmed by light brown crusts of fedorovskite in and on a grayish massive kurchatovite matrix.
Type Locality for fedorovskite and kurchatovite.
Nice example of these rare borates.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Frolovite

Formula: 
Ca[B(OH)4]2
Strunz: 
6.AC.20
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Novofrolovskoye B-Cu deposit, Turjinsk, Turya river, Krasnoturjinsk (Bogolovsk; Krasnotur'insk; Krasnoturyinsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Fedorovskite

Formula: 
Ca2Mg2B4O7(OH)6
Strunz: 
6.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5 - 0.0
Colour: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Kurchatovite

Formula: 
Ca(Mg,Mn2+)[B2O5]
Strunz: 
6.BA.10
Hardness: 
4.5
Colour: 
Pale gray
Type Locality: 
Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
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