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Donbassite

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Donbassite

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Locality: 
Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast', Ukraine
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 1.7 × 1 cm
Description

Outstanding yellow crystals of the very rare mineral donbassite from the type locality in Donbass (Donetsk) in a contrasting dark matrix.

Donbassite from the TL in Ukraine is rarely seen in the systematic mineral market

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Donbassite

Formula: 
Al4.33(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Donets Region (Donetsk), Donetsk (Donets'k) Oblast', Ukraine...

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