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Chernykhite

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Chernykhite

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Description
Locality: 
Balasauskandyk Vanadium Deposit, Shieli, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm
Description

Dark green chernykhite platelets from the type locality. Material was analysed. Rare mineral!
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chernykhite

Formula: 
(Ba,Na)(V3+,Al,Mg)2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Balasauskandyk V Deposit, Karatau Range, Southern Kazakhstan Province (Ongtüstik Qazaqstan Oblysy; Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...