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Chambersite

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Description
Locality: 
Barbers Hill Mine, Barbers Hill, Mont Belvieu, Chambers County, Texas, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm
Description

Purple crystals of the rare borate chambersite from the type locality in Chambers county, Texas in a contrasting white matrix.

Chambersite is a mineral that occurs usually in isolated crystals, this one is exceptional because the crystals are in matrix.

Mineral Data
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Chambersite

Formula: 
Mn2+3(B7O13)Cl
Strunz: 
6.GA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Type Locality: 
Barbers Hill Salt Dome (Barbers Hill), Mont Belvieu, Chambers Co., Texas, USA

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