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Wayneburnhamite & Stringhamite

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Wayneburnhamite & Stringhamite

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Description
Locality: 
Crestmore Quarries, Riverside County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 1.6 × 0.9 cm
Description

You are bidding on a thumbnail sample with a group of rare species from this quarry. Both the radiating, purplish fibers and the pale blue crystalline material are both wayneburnhamite (formerly ganomalite at this mine) and are associated with a grey mineral related to nasonite and dark blue stringhamite. Collected by Fred DeVito and from his collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wayneburnhamite

Formula: 
Pb9Ca6(Si2O7)3(SiO4)3
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
Colour: 
Sky Blue
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Commercial Quarry, Crestmore, Riverside County, California, United States of America
Isostructural with: 
Ganomalite

Stringhamite

Formula: 
CaCu(SiO4)·H2O
Strunz: 
9.AE.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Bawana Mine (Old Hickory mine), Rocky District, Rocky Range, Beaver Co., Utah, USA

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