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Ekaterinite

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Locality: 
Korshunovskoye, Zheleznogorsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm
Description

White crystal aggregates of the extremely rare mineral ekaterinite from the type and only locality known worldwide. The mineral is calcium borate.

Analyzed by N. Chukanov. 

Ex.M.Murashko specimen with label included.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ekaterinite

Formula: 
Ca2(B4O7)(Cl,OH)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
6.H0.40
Hardness: 
1.0
Type Locality: 
Korshunovskoye Iron mine (Korzunovskoe; Korzhunovska; Korshunovskiy), Zheleznogorsk, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

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