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Sakhaite & Ludwigite

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Sakhaite & Ludwigite

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Description
Locality: 
Solongo, Ozernoe Area, Buryatia Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.4 × 0.5 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with massive, greyish-white sakhaite making up the matrix in which black sprays of ludwigite crystals have formed. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sakhaite

Formula: 
Ca12Mg4(BO3)7(CO3)4(OH)2Cl
Strunz: 
6.AB.65
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Titovskoe B deposit, Tas-Khayakhtakh Range, Dogdo River Basin, Polar Yakutia, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Ludwigite

Formula: 
Mg2Fe3+(BO3)O2
Strunz: 
6.AB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Ocna de Fier (Vaskö-Moraviţa; Vaskö-Moravicza; Eisenstein), Ocna de Fier-Dognecea District, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin Co., Romania

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