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Kaliborite : KMg2H[B6O8(OH)5]2(H2O)4

Inder B deposit and salt dome, Atyrau (Gur'yev), Atyrau Oblysy (Atyrau Oblast'), Kazakhstan

2.5 cm crystal. S130-26
Excalibur Mineral specimen.
 © 2008, JGWPhoto ID: 154436    View Count: 188

Multiple photos availableKaliborite : KMg2H[B6O8(OH)5]2(H2O)4

Inder B deposit and salt dome, Atyrau (Gur'yev), Atyrau Oblysy (Atyrau Oblast'), Kazakhstan

6.5 mm crystal of kaliborite with surfacial structures of probably dissolving and likely with internal (liquid?) inclusions. The second K-Mg borate is also chromate-bearing iquiqueite. The crystallochemical formula of kaliborite indicates presence of complex [B6O8(OH)5]2 anion. According to Burns and Hawthorne (1994), kaliborite is one of two ...
 © Ł Kruszewski 2007Photo ID: 176420    View Count: 99
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