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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
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5 × 3.5 cm
Description

This is a very good specimen of the very rare mineral strontioginorite.

Several large and perfect terminated, gemmy strontioginorite crystal up to 1.4 cm are sitting perfectly on and in anhydrite.

Fantastic specimen from a one time find in 2012.

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