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Yakhontovite

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Yakhontovite

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Description
Locality: 
Granite Gap, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.2 × 0.7 cm
Description

Massive yakhontovite on matrix. From an old systematic collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Yakhontovite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)0.5(Cu,Fe,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
9.EC.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Pridorozhnoye Sn deposit, Komsomolski ore District, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia