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Inesite

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Locality: 
North Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.3 × 3.3 cm
Description

A seam of radiating brown to pink inesite crystals running through massive galena & bustamite. There is a large crystallised patch of bustamite imbedded in galena. A good representative specimen from Broken Hill.

Mineral Data
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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
Gondwana Minerals