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Olenite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (former Burma)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm
Description

fibrous mushroom-like olenite, a variety of Mn rich albite from classic locality in Momeik, Burma.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Olenite

Formula: 
Na(Al3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Olenii Ridge (Oleny), Voron'i Tundry, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...
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