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Baikalite

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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:Baicalit
Baikalit
Spanish:Baicalita
Baikalita

Other Information

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    Localities for Baikalite

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    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e)
        • Irkutskaya Oblast'
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