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Shinichengite & Imayoshiite

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Shinichengite & Imayoshiite

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Description
Locality: 
Shijiangshan Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
32 × 25 × 0.8 cm
Description

White, pale pink crystallized crust of pearly tabular crystals over the whole surface of the piece with aggregates of translucent hexagonal tabular crystals of imayoshiite, and flesh coloured bultfonteinite balls

 

Mineral Data
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Shinichengite

Formula: 
Ca5[BSi2O7(OH)2]2 · 6H2O
Strunz: 
9.HA.
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Type Locality: 
Shijiangshan mine (Dashishan mine), Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Chifeng City (Ulanhad League; Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

Imayoshiite

Formula: 
Ca3Al(CO3)[B(OH)4](OH)6·12H2O
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Suisho-dani, Ise City, Mie Prefecture, Kinki region, Honshu Island, Japan

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