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Ericaite - Panel 14, Boulby Mine, Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK (#:MINS9100)

A single lustrous brownish cubic crystal of Ericaite embedded in syslte matrix coloured rerracotta red by association with Hilgardite. A new release in 1996 from an exeptional find in the mid 1980's. Ericaite is a very rare Fe-borate, a member of the Boracite Group.

Formula :
(Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)3[Cl/BO3/B6O10

System: orthorhombic Hardness:7-7½ Rarity:rare
Strunz id:V/L.4-20 - NITRATES, CARBONATES and BORATES
Name origin: From the flower known in English as heather, for its typical reddish color.

Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size: 14mm x 12 mm x 14 mm

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Ericaite -  Panel 14, Boulby Mine, Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK

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