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Bafertisite

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Description
Locality: 
Fountain Quarry, Fountain, Pitt County, North Carolina, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Yellow acicular crystals of the Ba-Fe-Ti mineral bafertisite on a contrasting matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bafertisite

Formula: 
Ba(Fe2+,Mn2+)2Ti(Si2O7)O(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.BE.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bayan Obo deposit (Bayun-Obo deposit; Baiyunebo deposit), Bayan Obo, Bayan Obo Mining District, Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

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