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Balestraite

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Balestraite

New Mineral type

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Description
Locality: 
Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto Vara, Vara Valley, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 0.8 × 0.6 cm
Description

A chip of hematite matrix with an area of about 6x2 mm covered with pale yellow micaceous packed crystals with not well defined outlines of the new mineral (IMA 2013-080) balestraite. Till now Fabrizio Castellaro, the discoverer, has found the species only once out of about 300 field trips to the mine. Obviously the specimen is part of the holotype. No other surces for this exceedingly rare mineral !

Mineral Data
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Balestraite

Formula: 
KLi2V5+Si4O12
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto Vara, Vara Valley, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy

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