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Olshanskyite & Roweite

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Olshanskyite & Roweite

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Description
Locality: 
Shijiangshan Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

Sharp olshanskyite sprays in a nice radiating clusters and roweite on the disctinctive matrix consisting of a mix green andradite and white johnbaumite. Small crystals of andradite are present on the specimen. Super combo specimen.
From the 2017 find that re-defined the standard for olshanskyite. Read all about this mine and it's minerals in Lapis magazine.
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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Olshanskyite

Formula: 
Ca3[B(OH)4]4(OH)2
Strunz: 
6.CA.55
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Titovskoe B deposit, Tas-Khayakhtakh Range, Dogdo River Basin, Polar Yakutia, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Roweite

Formula: 
Ca2Mn2+2B4O7(OH)6
Strunz: 
6.DA.25
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA