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Aristarainite

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Aristarainite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Eagle Borax Spring, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1 × 0.9 cm
Description

White shiny acicular crystals of the rare borate mineral aristarainite from one of the only three known localities worldwide.

Analyzed specimen by DRX , see copy attached.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aristarainite

Formula: 
Na2MgB12O20·8H2O
Strunz: 
6.FB.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Tincalayu Mine, Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Salta, Argentina

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