Sakhaite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- Micromount
- Formula
- Ca48Mg16Al(SiO3OH)4(CO3)16(BO3)28·(H2O)3(HCl)3 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Kombat mine, Grootfontein, Namibia
Greyish to purple, excellent crystal. Crystals such as this one must be very rare. There is probably work to be done on this specimen as Dunn's description was a work-in-progress. This may be a pseudomorph. Nonetheless a very interesting piece.
Sakhaite
- Formula
- Ca48Mg16Al(SiO3OH)4(CO3)16(BO3)28·(H2O)3(HCl)3
- Crystal System
- Isometric
- Crystal Habit
- Euhedral Crystals, Massive
- Cleavage
- None, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous - Greasy
- Color
- colorless, gray, gray white
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Isometric - Gyroidal
- Hardness
- 5
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Dr. Georg Gebhard
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