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Jeremejevite

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Jeremejevite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Mile 72, Cape Cross, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm
Description

One of the rarest gem crystals ever found so far, to be exact in the Cape Cross Area. Jeremejevite. This superb and intense blue colourated crystal is for sure not only an example of this rare species, this crystal is definitely a sight to behold.

Mineral Data
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Jeremejevite

Formula: 
Al6(BO3)5(F,OH)3
Strunz: 
6.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Type Locality: 
Soktuj Gora (Mount Soktuj), Adun-Cholon Range, Nerchinsk Gem mines, Nerchinsk (Nertschinsk), Chitinskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia...