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Shijiangshanite & Johnbaumite

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Shijiangshanite & Johnbaumite

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Description
Locality: 
Shijiangshan Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Shijiangshanite is a brand new mineral, first described from the Shijiangshanite mine in China - the type locality.

This specimen is very rich in pale pink shijiangshanite with white fibrous johnbaumite crystals, hydroxyapophyllite-(K) and six-sided colorless calcite plates all around.

Excellent and very rich piece from the type locality - SEM-EDS analysed.

Mineral Data
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Shijiangshanite

Formula: 
Pb3CaAl(Si5O14)(OH)3 · 3H2O>
Strunz: 
9.DK.
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Type Locality: 
Shijiangshan Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China

Johnbaumite

Formula: 
Ca5(AsO4)3OH
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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