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Frolovite

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Description
Locality: 
Solongo, Ozernoe Area, Buryatia Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.2 × 1.45 cm
Description

White masses of the boron mineral frolovite from drilling workings. Rare!

 

References:

[AmMin 85:1322]; American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 1509–1513, 2002; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Frolovite

Formula: 
Ca[B(OH)4]2
Strunz: 
6.AC.20
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Novofrolovskoye B-Cu deposit, Turjinsk, Turya river, Krasnoturjinsk (Bogolovsk; Krasnotur'insk; Krasnoturyinsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...