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Mongolite : Ca4Nb6Si5O24(OH)10·nH2O

Photo Copyright © Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo.  - This image is copyrighted. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.
Locality: Dorozhnyi pegmatite, Khan Bogdo (Khan-Bogdinskii) massif, Gobi Desert, Mongolia
33x22x8 mm polished section of Mongolite agregate. Shape of grains of the unknown protomineral, after which mongolite grow, is well visible. All they are cemented by transparent Quartz. Black spots are disperse manganese oxides. Author specimen of N.V. Vladykin. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.

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