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Kasatkinite

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Kasatkinite

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Description
Locality: 
Bazhenovsk, Asbest, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.3 × 0.2 cm
Description

Small white tufts of kasatkinite, 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. 

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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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