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Azoproite

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Azoproite

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Description
Locality: 
Tazheranskii Massif, Lake Baikal, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Black azoproite in matrix. 

References: Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow; Konev A A, Lesedeva V S, Kashaev A A, Ushchapovskaya Z F (1970) Azoproite, a new mineral of the ludwigite group, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 99, issue 2, 225-231

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Azoproite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)2(Fe3+,Ti,Mg)(BO3)O2
Strunz: 
6.AB.30
Hardness: 
5.5
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Tazheranskii Massif (Tazheran Massif), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...