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Kotoite

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Description
Locality: 
Brosso Mine, Cálea, Léssolo, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

White-greyish aggregates of kotoite with black ludwigite (?)

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kotoite

Formula: 
Mg3[BO3]2
Strunz: 
6.AA.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
North orebody (New orebody), Hol Kol Mine (Holgol; Suan; Namjong), Suan-gun, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea