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Footemineite Rhodochrosite & Analcime

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Footemineite Rhodochrosite & Analcime

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Description
Locality: 
Foote Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small matrix specimen with abundant clusters of rhodochrosite crystals, tiny sprays of eosphorite, large and rare crystals of analcime and at least 6 tiny crystals of extremely rare footemineite all on albite. From my personal collection and type material.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Footemineite

Formula: 
Ca2Mn2+Mn2+2Mn2+2Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

Rhodochrosite

Formula: 
MnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania

Analcime

Formula: 
Na2(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cyclopean Islands, Acitrezza (Aci Trezza), Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy

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