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Name: Preobrazhenskite
Pbz
IMA Chemistry: Mg3B11O15(OH)9
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Preobrazhenskite contains elements:
Magnesium (Mg)
Boron (B)
Oxygen (O)
Hydrogen (H)
Country of Type Locality: Kazakhstan
Year First Published: 1956
IMA Status: Approved,Grandfathered
Status Notes: Yarzhemskii Y Y (1956) Preobrazhenskite - a new borate of the saliferous strata of the Inder uplift, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 111, 1087-1090 Chemical formula changed from Mg_3_B_10_O_18_·4.5H_2_O to Mg_3_B_11_O_15_(OH)_9_: Ostrovskaya I V, Nikitina I B (1969) The formula of preobrazhenskite, Trudy Mineralogicheskogo Muzeya Akademiya Nauk SSSR 19, 206-209
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Crystal Systems: orthorhombic
Oldest Known Age: 354 Million Years Ago
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