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Kotoite

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Description
Locality: 
Băiţa, Nucet, Bihor County, Romania
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 1 cm
Description

A lot of white, glassy kotoite crystals on the matrix. (It's very rare that this species forms crystals) The grey patches in the matrix, are ludwigite, and szaibelyite mixture.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kotoite

Formula: 
Mg3[BO3]2
Strunz: 
6.AA.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
North orebody (New orebody), Hol Kol Mine (Holgol; Suan; Namjong), Suan-gun, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea

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