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Sanbornite & Gillespite

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Sanbornite & Gillespite

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Description
Locality: 
El Rosario Mine, El Alamo, Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 3.6 cm
Weight: 
92.00gr
Description

Nice example of the two quite rare minerals Sanbornite (as white a bit flaky masses with pearly lustre) hosting reddish sheaf-like crystals of Gillespite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sanbornite

Formula: 
Ba2(Si4O10)
Strunz: 
9.EF.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Trumbull Peak Ba-silicate deposit, Trumbull Peak, Clearing House, Clearing House District, East Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA

Gillespite

Formula: 
BaFe2+[Si4O10]
Strunz: 
9.EA.05
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Dry Delta, Alaska Range, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, Alaska, USA

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Best regards Roger