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Olshanskyite

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Description
Locality: 
Shijiangshan Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 3 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

A cluster of white translucent olshanskyite crystals up to 20 mm with minor wurtzite and galena.

From the one time find March 2014

This find produced the finest olshanskyite crystals in the world.

Analyzed

Comes with a label of Berthold Ottens.

Ref. : Article from Berthold Ottens in Lapis Jg.39 Nr. 7/8 - 2014 page 66 - 68

A copy of the article (german) can be given to the buyer.

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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