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Pentahydroborite from
Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan


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Pentahydroborite

Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
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Pentahydroborite

Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
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Pentahydroborite, etc.

Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
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Pentahydroborite

Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
09282370017864945475732.jpg
Pentahydroborite

Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
08289300017271925746437.jpg
Pentahydroborite

Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
05174660017362576601382.jpg
Pentahydroborite, etc.

Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
01590440017272003046140.jpg
Pentahydroborite

Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
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Pentahydroborite

Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
08289300017271925746437.jpg
Pentahydroborite

Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
05174660017362576601382.jpg
Pentahydroborite, etc.

Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
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Pentahydroborite

Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pentahydroborite
Formula:CaB2O(OH)6 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Henmilite4
Calcite2
Frolovite1
Charlesite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pentahydroborite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Photo GalleryView Gallery (13 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:8460
Long-form Identifier:1:3:8460:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Fujiwara, T., Takada, M., Masutomi, K., Isobe, T., Okada, H., Nakai, I., Nagashima, K. (1982) Pentahydroborite from Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Chigaku Kenkyu [Geoscience Magazine], 33. 11-20
Nakai, I., Okada, H., Masutomi, K., Koyama, E., Nagashima, K. (1986) Henmilite, Ca2Cu(OH)4[B(OH)4]2, a new mineral from Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. American Mineralogist, 71 (9-10) 1234-1239
Mandarino, Joseph A. (1996) Abstracts of New Mineral Descriptions. The Mineralogical Record, 27 (4) 301-306
Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences Vol. 99 (2004) , No. 2 April 67-71.
 
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