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Bokite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
North Wilson Pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with a vug hosting exceptional sprays of bokite needles. This is the world's best occurence of the mineral! Verified by PXRD. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bokite

Formula: 
(Al,Fe3+)1.3(V5+,V4+,Fe3+)8O20·7.4H2O
Strunz: 
4.HE.20
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Balasauskandyk V Deposit, Karatau Range, Southern Kazakhstan Province (Ongtüstik Qazaqstan Oblysy; Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

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