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Bonaccordite & Liebenbergite

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Bonaccordite & Liebenbergite

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Description
Locality: 
Bon Accord Nickel Deposit, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 1.6 × 1 cm
Description

Brown bonaccordite crystal aggregates associated to green liebenbergite from the type locality for bonaccordite, the Bon Accord mine.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bonaccordite

Formula: 
Ni2Fe3+(BO3)O2
Strunz: 
6.AB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
7.0
Type Locality: 
Scotia Talc mine, Bon Accord, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Liebenbergite

Formula: 
(Ni,Mg)2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AC.05
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Scotia Talc mine, Bon Accord, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

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