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Erlianite

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Description
Locality: 
Harhada Mine, Wenduermiao, Erenhot County, Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

Black acicular crystals of the very rare Fe-V silicate mineral erlianite from the type and only known locality worldwide.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection specimen, from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
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Erlianite

Formula: 
(Fe,Mg)4(Fe,V)2Si6O15(OH,O)8
Strunz: 
9.HC.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Harhada Mine, Wenduermiao Fe deposit, Erenhot Co. (Erlianhaote Co.), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

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