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Tuzlaite

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Tuzlaite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2.2 × 1.4 cm
Description

Perfectly developped white crystals of the very rare mineral tuzlaite from one of the only two known localities worldwide.Tuzlaite is a Na-Ca Borate.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tuzlaite

Formula: 
NaCaB5O8(OH)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
6.EC.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tuzla Mine, Tuzla, Tuzla Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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