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Shinichengite & Imayoshiite

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Shinichengite & Imayoshiite

New Mineral type

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Description
Locality: 
Shijiangshan Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.5 × 1 cm
Description

This new mineral forms sheet-like globular aggregates of pale pink to white radiated balls on matrix. Associated with colourless imayoshoote aggregates of talular crystals

Rich specimen

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

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