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Kaolinite and Serpentine pseudomorph after B-Hydrogarnet (Ahtarandite) from riverbank at confluence Vilyui (Wilui) River and Akhtaragda River, near Chernyshevsk, Sakha, Siberia, Russia (Type Locality for Ahtarandite)

DESCRIPTION:	No. 8501
Mineral:	Kaolinite and Serpentine pseudomorph after B-Hydrogarnet (Ahtarandite)
Locality:	riverbank at confluence Vilyui (Wilui) River and Akhtaragda River, near Chernyshevsk, Sakha, Siberia, Russia (Type Locality for Ahtarandite)
Description:	Creme-colored sharp pseudomorphs of kaolin after helvite to 15 mm in matrix. With old label from Hugh Ford, ex. R. Hauck collection. Ex. Edward R. Swoboda collection (see Mineralogical Record V. 28, No. 6.)
Overall Size:	6x4x4 cm
Crystals:	10-15 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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