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Mongolite

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Description
Locality: 
Khan Bogd, Khanbogd District, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm
Description

Pale lilac crystal aggregates of the very rare Niobium mineral mongolite from the type locality in Mongolia and only one of the 4 localities known worldwide.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

 

Mineral Data
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Mongolite

Formula: 
Ca4Nb6Si5O24(OH)10·nH2O
Strunz: 
9.HF.05
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Dorozhnyi pegmatite, Khan Bogdo Massif (Khan-Bogdinskii), Gobi Desert, Mongolia

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