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Satimolite

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Satimolite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Satimola Salt Dome, Oral, West Kazakhstan Province, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm
Description

White satimolite in matrix (holotype material)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Satimolite

Formula: 
KNa2Al4[Cl|B2O5]3·13H2O
Strunz: 
6.HA.15
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Satimola salt dome, Oral Rayon (Uralsk Rayon), Western Kazakhstan Province (Batys Qazaqstan Oblysy; Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...