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Formicaite

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Formicaite

ex Americo Urbinati collection
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Solongo B Deposit, Vitim Plateau, Baunt District, Buryatia Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.8 × 0.3 cm
Description

withish coloured crystalline flakes in borate skarn matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Formicaite

Formula: 
Ca(HCOO)2
Strunz: 
10.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
1.0
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia