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Chernykhite

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Locality: 
Balasauskandyk Vanadium Deposit, Shieli, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.3 × 0.1 cm
Description

Dark green platy single crystal of the very rare mica group-mineral chernykhite from the type locality in Kazachastan.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

 

Mineral Data
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Chernykhite

Formula: 
(Ba,Na)(V3+,Al,Mg)2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Balasauskandyk V Deposit, Karatau Range, Southern Kazakhstan Province (Ongtüstik Qazaqstan Oblysy; Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

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