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Strontioruizite On Sugilite

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Strontioruizite On Sugilite

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Description
Locality: 
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Brown strontioruizite with purple sugilite from the Wessels mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, South Africa. 

SEM-EDS confirmed no MA1617. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Strontioruizite

Formula: 
Sr2Mn3+2Si4O11(OH)4 · 2H2O
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Type Locality: 
NChwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Sugilite

Formula: 
K(Na,□)2Li3(Fe,Mn,Al,Zr)2[Si12O30]
Strunz: 
9.CM.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Iwagi Island, Inland Sea (Setonaikai), Ehime Prefecture, Japan