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Kasatkinite

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Kasatkinite

Type Locality
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Bazhenovsk, Asbest, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

Kasatkinite is an exceedlingly rare borosilicate named for Anatoly Kasatkin amateur mineralogist, systematic mineral collector and author in the description of many new species in these last decades. This specimen was analyzed by him. A very good samples of this extremely rare specie!

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Kasatkinite

Formula: 
Ba2Ca8B5Si8O32(OH)3·6H2O
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Arsenatnaya Fumarole, Second Scoria Cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure, Tolbachik, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia...

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