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Strontioginorite

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Strontioginorite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 6.5 × 4 cm
Description

This is a very good specimen of the very rare mineral strontioginorite.

Large and well terminated, gemmy strontioginorite crystal up to 1.3 cm are nicely set on and in anhydrite.

Good specimen from a one time find in 2012.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Strontioginorite

Formula: 
(Sr,Ca)2B14O23·8H2O
Strunz: 
6.FC.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Königshall-Hindenburg Mine, Reyershausen, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany