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Borcarite

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Locality: 
Snezhnoe Deposit, Eastern Sayan, Buryatia Republic, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.5 × 0.9 cm
Description

Borcarite is very rare Ca-Mg-borate-carbonate mineral. It forms pale blue, granular aggregates in white szaibelyite matrix. It has only few localities worldwide.

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Borcarite

Formula: 
Ca4Mg(B4O6(OH)6)(CO3)2
Strunz: 
6.DA.40
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Snezhnoe B oreoccurrence, Izvestkovyi Stream, Titovskoe B deposit, Tas-Khayakhtakh Range, Dogdo River Basin, Polar Yakutia, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Loranth Minerals

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