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Bultfonteinite With Poldervaartite

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Bultfonteinite With Poldervaartite

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2.1 × 1 cm
Description

Excellent specimen with white bultfonteinite bundles along with cream colored blocky poldervaartite crystals. Richly set from the front and back. Bulfonteinite is only known from a few localities worldwide. Optical very esthetic.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bultfonteinite

Formula: 
Ca2(HSiO4)F·H2O
Strunz: 
9.AG.80
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Bultfontein, Lejweleputswa District, Free State Province, South Africa

Poldervaartite

Formula: 
CaCa[SiO3(OH)](OH)
Strunz: 
9.AF.90
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa...

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