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Ankangite

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Ankangite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 1.5 × 0.7 cm
Description

Pair of well-formed prismatic ankangite crystals on clear barite matrix with quartz crystals.Ankangite is a rare specimen found in small fractures in dolomitic marble at the Monte Arsiccio Mine, a small deposit of baryte, pyrite and Fe oxides in the Apuan Alps.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ankangite

Variety Of: 

Mannardite

Formula: 
Ba(Ti4+6V3+2)O16
Strunz: 
4.DK.05b
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
Ba(Ti,V3+,Cr)8O16
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Shiti Mine, Hanbin District, Ankang Prefecture, Shaanxi Province, China
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