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Boracite

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Description
Locality: 
Stassfurt, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.5 × 2.6 cm
Description

Sharp boracite crystals in matrix. Beautiful old specimen from Armin Wendland collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Boracite

Formula: 
Mg3(B7O13)Cl
Strunz: 
6.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Lüneburger Kalkberg, Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany