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Bystrite

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Description
Locality: 
Malo-Bystrinskoe, Malaya Bystraya River Valley, Lake Baikal, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.6 × 0.3 cm
Description

Intense yellow bystrite among lazurite and diopside.  

Rare mineral. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bystrite

Formula: 
(Na,K)7Ca(Al6Si6O24)(S3)1.5·H2O
Strunz: 
9.FB.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Colour: 
yellow
Type Locality: 
Malo-Bystrinskoe lazurite deposit, Malaya Bystraya River Valley, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...