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Hexahydroborite & Kurchatovite

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Hexahydroborite & Kurchatovite

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Description
Locality: 
Solongo B Deposit, Vitim Plateau, Baunt District, Buryatia Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1 × 0.5 cm
Description

White crystal aggregates of the borate mineral hexahydroborite associated to kurchatovite from Russia.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hexahydroborite

Formula: 
Ca[B(OH)4]2·6H2O
Strunz: 
6.AC.25
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Clear
Type Locality: 
Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Kurchatovite

Formula: 
Ca(Mg,Mn2+)[B2O5]
Strunz: 
6.BA.10
Hardness: 
4.5
Colour: 
Pale gray
Type Locality: 
Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

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