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Pinnoite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Stassfurt, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 0.2 × 0.2 cm
Description

Two outstanding crystal groups of the very rare magnesium borate mineral pinnoite from the type locality and one of the few localities known.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection specimen, from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pinnoite

Formula: 
Mg[B2O(OH)6]
Strunz: 
6.BB.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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