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Buryatite

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Buryatite

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Description
Locality: 
Fuka Mine, Bitchu-cho, Takahashi, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 1.6 × 1 cm
Description

Very rare pale pink buryatit on matrix. Rare mineral!

References: (I. Pekov analyses)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Buryatite

Formula: 
Ca3(Si,Fe,Al)(SO4)[B(OH)4]O(OH)5·12H2O
Strunz: 
7.DG.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia