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Roweite & Calcite

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Roweite & Calcite

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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: 
7 × 5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Weight: 
67.00gr
Description

Very good clusters of lamellar roweite on calcite matrix

From the 2017 discovery that redefined the quality of olshanskyite and roweite and is making it's way to collections all around the world

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Roweite

Formula: 
Ca2Mn2+2B4O7(OH)6
Strunz: 
6.DA.25
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White