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Berborite

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Berborite

SEM confirmed!

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Description
Locality: 
Johs Nilsens Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.9 × 0.3 cm
Description

Beautiful colorless berborite on natrolite. Sample was investigated under the electron microscope appearing darker due to lower atomic number (Be).  

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