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Inesite

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Locality: 
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 5 × 2.8 cm
Description

Rich specimen of radial aggregates of fibrous inesite of orange colour and good lustre, from Broken Hill (Australia).

Ex. René Virlet specimen. Obtained from Gilbert Gauthier in 1975.

Mineral Data
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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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