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Vimsite

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Description
Locality: 
Solongo, Ozernoe Area, Buryatia Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.7 × 1 cm
Description

Greyish white veins of vimsite among other borates.

References:

[AmMin 85:1322]; American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 1509–1513, 2002

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vimsite

Formula: 
CaB2O2(OH)4
Strunz: 
6.BC.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Novofrolovskoye B-Cu deposit, Turjinsk, Turya river, Krasnoturjinsk (Bogolovsk; Krasnotur'insk; Krasnoturyinsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...