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Roweite & Olshanskyite

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Roweite & Olshanskyite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Shijiangshan Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Two rare minerals that together give this beautiful sample. In this mine have been found recently, probably the best specimens of the two species, which together give really aesthetic samples. An aestetic thumbnail mounted on acrylic base, a squared groups of sharp crystals of Roweite, intergrow with colorless sharp crystals of Olshanskyite. Very cute!

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Roweite

Formula: 
Ca2Mn2+2B4O7(OH)6
Strunz: 
6.DA.25
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Olshanskyite

Formula: 
Ca3[B(OH)4]4(OH)2
Strunz: 
6.CA.55
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Titovskoe B deposit, Tas-Khayakhtakh Range, Dogdo River Basin, Polar Yakutia, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

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