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Lüneburgite

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Lüneburgite

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Description
Locality: 
Paoha Island, Mono Lake, Mono County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

Very nice specimens with crystal clusters of several centimeters formed of lustrous well terminated inter-grown pale brownish idiomorphic crystals. These are the best Lüneburgite specimens ever found.

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Lüneburgite

Formula: 
Mg3[B2(OH)6](PO4)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
6.AC.60
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Lüneburger Kalkberg, Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany