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Rivadavite

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Description
Locality: 
Tincalayu Mine, Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Los Andes, Salta, Argentina
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.2 × 0.2 × 0.2 cm
Description

A lot of white single crystals of the rare borate mineral rivadavite from the type locality in Argentina and only one of the three known localities worlwide.

Some of the crystals are well formed (see photo 1)

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection specimen, from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rivadavite

Formula: 
Na6Mg[B6O7(OH)6]4·10H2O
Strunz: 
6.FA.20
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Tincalayu Mine, Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Salta, Argentina

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