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Burbankite

Ex-David J. Eicher Collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Pocos de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2.7 × 0.7 cm
Description

Numerous small, glassy clear to yellow crystals of the rare mineral burbankite on matrix. This is very rare strontium barium cerium carbonate, hard to find in good crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Burbankite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5
Strunz: 
5.AC.30
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Vermiculite prospect No. 6, Big Sandy Creek, Bearpaw Mts, Hill Co., Montana, USA
David J. Eicher

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