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Krasnovite

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Krasnovite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Cerro Sapo, Ayopaya Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3 × 2.9 cm
Description

Beautiful globular crystal aggregates of paleblue Krasnovite to 3 mm scattered on matrix from the Cerro Sapo carbonatite.
Very rare !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Krasnovite

Formula: 
Ba(Al,Mg)(PO4,CO3)(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...