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Hydroboracite

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Hydroboracite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.3 × 2.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Beautiful cluster of gemmy hydroboracite crystals on gypsum matrix.
# 13

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hydroboracite

Formula: 
CaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2·3H2O
Strunz: 
6.CB.15
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Inder B deposit and salt dome, Atyrau (Gur'yev), Atyrau Province (Atyrau Oblysy; Atyrau Oblast'), Kazakhstan...