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Aristarainite

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Description
Locality: 
Tincalayu Mine, Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Los Andes, Salta, Argentina
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.2 × 0.2 cm
Description

White single crystal of the very rare borate aristarainite from the TL in Argentina.

Only 3 known localities worldwide.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aristarainite

Formula: 
Na2MgB12O20·8H2O
Strunz: 
6.FB.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Tincalayu Mine, Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Salta, Argentina

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