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Milarite & Neotocite

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Milarite & Neotocite

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Description
Locality: 
Foote Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1 × 1.2 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a very nice, single prism of milarite on matrix with neotocite psm parsettensite. A very rare mineral and the locality!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Milarite

Formula: 
K2Ca4Al2Be4Si24O60·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CM.05
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Giuv Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland

Neotocite

Formula: 
(Mn,Fe,Mg)SiO3·H2O
Strunz: 
9.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Amorphous
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Colour: 
Brown Bronze or Black
Streak: 
Dark brown to black
Type Locality: 
Erik Ers Mine, Torsåker, Hofors, Gästrikland, Sweden

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