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Inesite & Datolite

EDS & Raman confirmed no 930

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Description
Locality: 
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 4.7 × 3.2 cm
Description

Brownish-red inesite associated with colourless danburite spheres and natrolite. Datolite has been SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed. Analysis no 930. Analysis in the analytical section. 

 

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

Datolite

Formula: 
Ca(HBSiO5)
Strunz: 
9.AJ.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Nødebro Mine (Nøddebro), Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Inesite & Datolite
Analysis Report - only: Inesite & Datolite
Analysis Report - only: Inesite & Datolite