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Bakhchisaraitsevite

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Bakhchisaraitsevite

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Description
Locality: 
Cerro Mejillones, Mejillones Peninsula, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Colourless bakhchisaraitsevite associated with minyulite from Morro Mejillones, Chile. Material has been XRD verified. 

Rare mineral

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bakhchisaraitsevite

Formula: 
Na2Mg5(PO4)4·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.CH.50
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...