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Caryopilite

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Caryopilite

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Description
Locality: 
Kuruman, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 4 cm
Description

Good specimen of caryopilite in association with rhodochrosite and barite from Kuruman, South Africa.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Caryopilite

Formula: 
(Mn,Mg)3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden