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Strontioginorite

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Strontioginorite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.2 × 2.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.30cm
Description

Strontioginorite is an extremely rare mineral only known from very few locations.

On this specimen strontioginorite froms absolutely gemmy and colorless tabular crystals in anhydrite matrix.

This is one of the very best specimen from a recent find.

PXRD confirmed specimen !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Strontioginorite

Formula: 
(Sr,Ca)2B14O23·8H2O
Strunz: 
6.FC.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Königshall-Hindenburg Mine, Reyershausen, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany