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Olshanskyite

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Olshanskyite

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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: 
4 × 5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
58.00gr
Description

Massive olshanskyite is the matrix for this radiating spray of olshanskyite crystals.

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