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Pectolite & Parsettensite

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Pectolite & Parsettensite

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Description
Locality: 
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 2 × 1.3 cm
Description

White acicular pectolite crystals with brown parsettensite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pectolite

Formula: 
NaCa2(HSi3O9)
Strunz: 
9.DG.05
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sano, Mori, Mt. Baldo, Lagarina Valley, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy

Parsettensite

Formula: 
K1.2Mn8(Si,Al)12O26(OH)10
Strunz: 
9.EG.40
Hardness: 
1.5
Type Locality: 
Parsettens Alp, Tinizong (Tinzen), Oberhalbstein (Surses; Sursass), Albula Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland