Formula: Ca[B₂Si₂O₈]
Mineral class: silicates
Crystal system: rhombic
Mohs scale: 7 - 7.5
Density (g/cm³): 3
Cleavage: indistinct
Colors: colorless, yellow, rose, brownish
Luster: vitreous - greasy
Fluorescence: light blue
Pleochroism: slightly yellowish
Largest Danburite: 50 cm (Dal'negorsk / Primorskiy Kraj / Russia)
Deposits: Myanmar, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico, USA
1st Description: 1892

Danburite Mineral

Origin: San Bartolo / Charcas San Luis Potosí / Mexico

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Danburite

Weight: 27.78 ct

Origin: Charcas / Mexico

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Danburite Mineral

Origin: Maharita / Madagaskar

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Danburite

Weight: 1.94 ct

Origin: Madagascar

Photo by kind permission of © www.gemfrance.com, Dr. Laurent Sikirdji.

Danburite

Weight: 20.57 ct

Origin: Sri Lanka

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Danburite

Weight: 0.93 ct

Origin: Ohngaing / Mogok / Myanmar

Photo by kind permission of © www.crystal-treasure.com, Sieghard Ellenberger.

Danburite Mineral

Origin: Little Three Mine / Ramona / San Diego County / California

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Danburite

Weight: 1.11 ct

Origin: Ohngaing / Mogok / Myanmar

Photo by kind permission of © www.crystal-treasure.com, Sieghard Ellenberger.

Danburite

Weight: 25.88 ct

Origin: Madagascar

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Danburite

Weight: 14.00 ct

Origin: Russia

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Danburite

Weight: 6.22 ct

Origin: Madagascar

Photo by kind permission of © www.gemfrance.com, Dr. Laurent Sikirdji.

Danburite Mineral

Origin: Charcas / San Luis Potosi / Mexico

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Danburite

Photo by kind permission of © http://skywalker.cochise.edu, Roger Weller.