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Inesite With Hubeite

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Inesite With Hubeite

Ex-David J. Eicher Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Daye County, Huangshi, Hubei Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.2 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

A salmon-pink spray of inesite 1.2 cm long perched nicely for display on this slab of matrix, accompanied by brown hubeite spheres. Contains several smaller inesite crystals on other sides of the piece.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Inesite

Formula: 
Ca2(Mn,Fe)7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.DL.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hilfe Gottes Mine, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Dillenburg District, Hesse, Germany

Hubeite

Formula: 
Ca2Mn2+Fe3+[HSi4O13]·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.BJ.60
Crystal System: 
Triclinic, pinacoidal
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye copper mine), Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
David J. Eicher

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