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Magbasite

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Description
Locality: 
Bayan Obo Deposit, Baotou League, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Extremely rare species and from the type locality is this subparallel group of magbasite crystals, of attractive pink to violet colour, that reach 4.2 mm in length.

Old specimen, acquired in 1970, it is from the collection of Georges Vanacker*.

*Vanackerite from Tsumeb was named after him.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Magbasite

Formula: 
KBaFe3+Mg7Si8O22(OH)2F6
Strunz: 
9.HA.25
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Bayan Obo deposit (Bayun-Obo deposit; Baiyunebo deposit), Bayan Obo, Bayan Obo Mining District, Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

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