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Nasinite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Larderello, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

White to orange crystal aggregates of the extremely rare borate mineral nasinite from the type and only known locality worldwide in Toscana.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nasinite

Formula: 
Na4B10O17·5H2O
Strunz: 
6.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
N.D. -
Colour: 
White - yellow, yellow-orange.
Type Locality: 
Larderello, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy

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