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Kenyaite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Alkali Lake, Lake County, Oregon, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 4.8 × 3.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Description

the rare sodium silicate kenyaite forms white incrustations of 1 mm thickness, very rich on the surface of a white to very pale grayish porcelain-likes massive magadiite. This new find bring out the finest specimens of this exotic minerals I ever seen

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kenyaite

Formula: 
Na2Si22O41(OH)8·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.HA.10
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Lake Magadi, South Rift Valley, Rift Valley Province, Kenya