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Bakerite & Nifontovite

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Bakerite & Nifontovite

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Description
Locality: 
San Bartolo Mine, Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

 Bakerite and nifontovite on danburite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bakerite

Formula: 
Ca4(H5B5Si3O20)
Strunz: 
9.AJ.20
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Corkscrew Canyon Mine (Corkscrew Mine), Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan area), Inyo Co., California, USA

Nifontovite

Formula: 
Ca3B6O6(OH)12(H2O)2
Strunz: 
6.CA.50
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Novofrolovskoye B-Cu deposit, Turjinsk, Turya river, Krasnoturjinsk (Bogolovsk; Krasnotur'insk; Krasnoturyinsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...