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Vimsite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Solongo, Ozernoe Area, Buryatia Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm
Description

Well developed colorless to white vimsite crystals on sakhaite matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vimsite

Formula: 
CaB2O2(OH)4
Strunz: 
6.BC.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Novofrolovskoye B-Cu deposit, Turjinsk, Turya river, Krasnoturjinsk (Bogolovsk; Krasnotur'insk; Krasnoturyinsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...