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Magbasite

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Magbasite

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Description
Locality: 
Bayan Obo Deposit, Baotou League, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 3.3 × 0.8 cm
Description

Pinkish violet fibrous magbasite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Magbasite

Formula: 
KBaFe3+Mg7Si8O22(OH)2F6
Strunz: 
9.HA.25
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Bayan Obo deposit (Bayun-Obo deposit; Baiyunebo deposit), Bayan Obo, Bayan Obo Mining District, Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China