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Bosoite

Year of discovery: 2015 (Japan as the first occurence in the World)

Locality list: A locality of bosoite

• SiO₂,nC_XH_2X+2

• Class: Oxide - Clathrate (Type II hydrate)

• C_XH_2X+2 => N₂: Melanophlogite
• C_XH_2X+2 => C₂H₆: Chibaite
• C_XH_2X+2 => H₂O: Opal

• Color: Colorless
• Streak: White
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Translucent

• System: Hexagonal
• Group: 6/mmm, F6/mmm
• Lattice: a=13.9, c=11.3

Etymology: Boso peninsula, Chiba prefecture, Japan, where this mineral was discovered