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Hubeite & Inesite

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Hubeite & Inesite

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Description
Locality: 
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye County, Huangshi, Hubei Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 3.9 × 1.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Description

A very rich specimen with hundreds of reddish-brown hubeite crystals from the Fengjiashan Mine, the only known locality. The matrix of this good size specimen is an aggregate of pink crystals of inesite. Both minerals are razor-sharp, very lustrous and completely free of damage. An aesthetic, floater specimen.

Acquired in 2003, is an Ex. Dr. Bob Janssens, #1195.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hubeite

Formula: 
Ca2Mn2+Fe3+[HSi4O13]·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.BJ.60
Crystal System: 
Triclinic, pinacoidal
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye copper mine), Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China

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

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