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Baotite

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  Zagi Mountain (Zegi Mountain; "Shinwaro"), Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan
  © H. Obodda

• Formula:
  Ba₄(Ti,Nb)₈Si₄O₂₈Cl

• System: Tetragonal

• Name:
  Named for the type locality, Pao-t'ou (Baotou in Russian), China.

• IMA Status: Valid (Approved)

• Type Locality:
  Bayan Obo (Bayun-Obo; Baiyunebo) deposit, Bayan Obo, Bayan Obo Mining District, Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

• Dana 8th: 60.1.2.1
  
  60 : CYCLOSILICATES Four-Membered Rings
  1 : Four-Membered Rings, as Titanosilicates

• Hardness (Mohs): 6

• Lustre: Vitreous

• Colour: Light Brown, Black