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Berborite

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Berborite

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Description
Locality: 
Saga #1 Quarry, Sagåsen, Mørje, Porsgrunn, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1.8 cm
Description

Colourless berborite group in a cavity with natrolite from the Saga 1 quarry, Norway. Rare mineral. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Berborite

Formula: 
Be2(BO3)(OH,F)·H2O
Strunz: 
6.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Lupikko Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Karelia Republic, Northern Region, Russia