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Magadiite

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Description
Locality: 
Lake Magadi, Kajiado County, Kenya
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 4.1 × 1.1 cm
Description

A good size creamy-white earthy crust of of magadiite with nice desiccation cracks. Magadiite is a rare sodium-silicate and this specimen is from the type locality.

From the collection of the Belgian geologist Bob Janssens (specimen #1957).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Magadiite

Formula: 
Na2Si14O29·11H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.20
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Lake Magadi, South Rift Valley, Rift Valley Province, Kenya

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