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Berborite

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Description
Locality: 
Johs Nilsens Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2 × 1.3 cm
Description

Perfect water-clear berborite on natrolite matrix. Very rare mineral.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Berborite

Formula: 
Be2(BO3)(OH,F)·H2O
Strunz: 
6.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Lupikko Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Karelia Republic, Northern Region, Russia