Mineralpedia Details for Johachidolite
Johachidolite
Named for the type locality in the Johachide sidtrict in the Kankyo Hodu Prefecture of North Korea. Johachidoite is a rare mineral that can be found only at its type locality and is also attributed to the Mogok region of Myanmar. Jodachidolite occurs at its type locality in a nepheline dike that cuts limestone. It has a blue fluorescence under short-wave ultraviolet light and is also weakly phosphorescent.
Ref. Handbook of Mineralogy, Anthony et al (1995) and MSA at http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/johachidolite.pdf
- Formula
- CaAlB3O7
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Cleavage
- None, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- colorless, white
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
- Hardness
- 7.5
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Johachidolite from Mogok, Sagaing dist, Mandalay Division, Myanmar
8mm partial orange crystal showing one face.
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