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Shinichengite & Imayoshiite

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Shinichengite & Imayoshiite

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Description
Locality: 
Shijiangshan Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

Globular aggregates of white shinichengite crystals hosting colorless imayoshiite crystals and botryoidal bakerite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Shinichengite

Formula: 
Ca5[BSi2O7(OH)2]2 · 6H2O
Strunz: 
9.HA.
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Type Locality: 
Shijiangshan mine (Dashishan mine), Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Chifeng City (Ulanhad League; Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

Imayoshiite

Formula: 
Ca3Al(CO3)[B(OH)4](OH)6·12H2O
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Suisho-dani, Ise City, Mie Prefecture, Kinki region, Honshu Island, Japan