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Nekoite & Ettringite

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Nekoite & Ettringite

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Description
Locality: 
Crestmore Quarries, Riverside County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 5 × 1.9 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with some really nice sprays of nekoite on matrix with calcite and ettringite from the type locality. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nekoite

Formula: 
Ca3Si6O15·7H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.45
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Wet Weather Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

Ettringite

Formula: 
Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·26H2O
Strunz: 
7.DG.15
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Ettringer Feld, Western lava flow, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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