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Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: CaB2O2(OH)4
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 161.73 gm
   Calcium   24.78 %  Ca   34.67 % CaO
   Boron     13.37 %  B    43.05 % B2O3
   Hydrogen   2.49 %  H    22.28 % H2O
   Oxygen    59.36 %  O
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: CaB2O2(OH)4
Help on Environment: Environment: Boron-rich copper-bearing skarn. Dimorphous with uralborite.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1968
Help on Locality: Locality: Novofrolovskoye copper deposit, Turinsk district, near Krasnoturinsk, Northern Ural Mountains, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named For the 50th anniversary of the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Mineral Resources [an acronym for Vses. Nauch.-Issled. Inst. Mineral. Syrya], Moscow, Russia.
Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: Vimsite Say VIMSITE
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 25102
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