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Olshanskyite

ex coll. Bertold Ottens
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Description
Locality: 
Shijiangshan Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6 × 3.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

A good specimen with great olshanskyite crystals in a vug in calcite/sphalerite matrix. Olshanskyite worldwide was only found in this locality in crystals.Please see the article of Bertold Ottens in LAPIS 8 / 2014. Only a few specimens were found. Comes with the original label of Bertold Ottens and a copy of the article. Analyzed specimen

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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