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Ekaterinite

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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 × 1 × 0.6 cm
Description

White crystals of the extremely rare mineral ekaterinite from the type and only locality known worldwide.

Outstanding for the species since the white acicular crystals are clearly visible !

The mineral is calcium borate.

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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