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Yuanfuliite

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Yuanfuliite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
15.00gr
Description

Spectacular specimen of yuanfuliite crystals on lamproite matrix and specularite. Yuanfuliite is a rare mineral found only in a couple of deposits in the world and here are the largest crystals for the species. The gallery where appeared the yuanfuliite is already exhausted and surely no more specimens will be found than have appeared so far.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Yuanfuliite

Formula: 
Mg(Fe3+,Fe2+,Al,Ti,Mg)(BO3)O
Strunz: 
6.AB.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Zhuanmiao Boron deposit, Kuandian Co., Dandong Prefecture, Liaoning Province (Manchuria; Dongbei Region), China

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