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Kurgantaite Mineral Data
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General Kurgantaite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
CaSr[B5O9]Cl•(H2O) |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 378.64 gm |
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Strontium 22.68 % Sr 26.82 % SrO |
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Calcium 10.69 % Ca 14.96 % CaO |
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Boron 14.27 % B 45.97 % B2O3 |
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Hydrogen 0.53 % H 4.76 % H2O |
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Chlorine 9.74 % Cl 9.74 % Cl |
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Cl -2.20 % -O=Cl2 |
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Oxygen 42.09 % O |
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100.00 % 100.04 % = TOTAL OXIDE |
| Empirical Formula: |
Ca1.01Sr0.98B5O8.96Cl1.04•(H2O) |
| Environment: |
Insoluble residue of "sylvinite" rock in a core from the Nepskoye potash deposit, near Ust'-Kut, Irkutsk district, Russia. |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 2000 (Dana # Added) |
| Locality: |
Western Kargan-tau, Inder uplift (Salt Dome), northern Caspian area, western Kazakhstan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for the locality. Revalidated 2002 from a mineral described in 1952 and discredited in 1984. |
| Synonym: |
IMA2000-B |
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Strontium Hilgardite |
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