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Tazheranite

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Description
Locality: 
Tazheranskii Massif, Lake Baikal, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Orange cubic crystals of the very rare Zr mineral tazheranite from the type locality in Tazheran, Russia.

The isometric crystal system can be clearly seen in the first photo.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tazheranite

Formula: 
(Zr,Ti,Ca)O2-x
Strunz: 
4.DL.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Tazheranskii Massif (Tazheran Massif), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...

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