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Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
© Pavel M. Kartashov

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Name:After the region of discovery.
A variety of Diopside

A morphological variety of ferroan diopside, approaching 'salite'.
Originally described in the 19th century from the Slyudyanka phlogopite mines area, Lake Baikal, Irkutskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia.

Classification of Baikalite

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Other Names for Baikalite

Synonyms:
Baicalite
Other Languages:
German:Baikalit
Baicalit
Spanish:Baicalita
Baikalita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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    China
     
    • Hunan Province
      • Chenzhou Prefecture
        • Beihu District
          • Qitianling complex
    		Yan Shuang, Xianwu Bi, Ruizhong Hu, Jiantang Peng, Changsheng Zhu, and Dahua Li (2009): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 29(3), 363-372
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    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e)
        • Irkutskaya Oblast'
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