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Formicaite

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Formicaite

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Description
Locality: 
Alkali Lake, Lake County, Oregon, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.2 × 0.2 cm
Description

colorless prismatic crystals to 1 cm of the really rare organic mineral. It was formed during reaction of Methane with the alkaline water from the Lake

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Formicaite

Formula: 
Ca(HCOO)2
Strunz: 
10.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
1.0
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia