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Tatarinovite & Oyelite

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Tatarinovite & Oyelite

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Description
Locality: 
Shijiangshan Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Colourless hexagonal tatarinovite associated with beige oyelite, datolite and vesuvian. SEM-EDS & XRD confirmed no 2905.

 

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...

Oyelite

Formula: 
Ca10Si8B2O29·12.5H2O
Strunz: 
9.HA.80
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Fuka mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan