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Shabynite

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Shabynite

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Description
Locality: 
Korshunovskoye, Zheleznogorsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Fine fibrous crystals of shabynite on dolomitic marble from the type and only locality.

From an old collection, it comes with its original label.

Rich specimen. Very rare.

Mineral Data
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Shabynite

Formula: 
Mg5(BO3)(OH)5(Cl,OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
6.AB.55
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Korshunovskoye Iron mine (Korzunovskoe; Korzhunovska; Korshunovskiy), Zheleznogorsk, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

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