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Suanite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Nalednoe B Deposit, Tas-Khayakhtakh Range, Dogdo River, Polar Yakutia, Sakha Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 3 × 3 cm
Description

Fibrous white suanite crystals with sprays of black ludwigite needles

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Suanite

Formula: 
Mg2[B2O5]
Strunz: 
6.BA.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hol Kol Mine (Holgol; Suan; Namjong), Suan-gun, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea