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Nifontovite

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Nifontovite

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Locality: 
Rey y Reina Mine, Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 4.9 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.80cm
Description

An excellent example of the rare calcium-borate nifontovite with a very rich coverage of transparent colourless elongated crystals up to 1.8 cm on matrix.
From my own collection.

Mineral Data
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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...
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