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Ephesite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Gloucester Farm, Postmasburg, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

A good size specimen that features a crust of interpenetrated pink-red, tabular ephesite crystals on a brown manganese matrix. A good display piece of this uncommon species.

Ex. Gerard Vogel specimen. Acquired in 1986.

Mineral Data
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Ephesite

Formula: 
LiNaAl2(Al2Si2O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Gumuch-dagh, Efes (Ephesus), Izmir Province, Aegean Region, Turkey

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