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Tatarinovite & Datolite Var Bakerite

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Tatarinovite & Datolite Var Bakerite

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Description
Locality: 
Shijiangshan Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 1.6 × 1 cm
Description

Colourless tatarinovite with fibrous white bultfonteinite and globular datolite and core of datolite var. bakerite. 

Rare mineral!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tatarinovite

Formula: 
Са3Al(SO4)[B(OH)4](OH)6·12H2O
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Type Locality: 
Western wall, Southern open pit, Bazhenovskoe deposit, Asbest, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Datolite

Formula: 
Ca(HBSiO5)
Strunz: 
9.AJ.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Nødebro Mine (Nøddebro), Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

Bakerite

Variety Of: 

Datolite

Formula: 
Ca(HBSiO5)
Strunz: 
9.AJ.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Formula: 
Ca4(H5B5Si3O20)
Type Locality: 
Corkscrew Canyon Mine (Corkscrew Mine), Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo Co., California, USA