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Olshanskyite On Roweite

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Olshanskyite On 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: 
4.5 × 3 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Good combination specimen with the roweite sitting on a matrix of andradite, minor cahnite (white silky) and calcite (grey) present where the roweite is attached with the andradite. Both roweite and olshanskyite had before never been found in collectable crystals and besides a couple of finds in the last decade in this mine it has not been found again.  

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Note buyers are responsible for local taxes and fees.We are happy to combine shipping - you only pay the stated shipping fee for the first specimen, subsequent pieces are included free of shipping costs.

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