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Inesite

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Description
Locality: 
Hale Creek Mine, Trinity County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 2.8 × 2.8 cm
Description

Pink inesite crystals lining pockets in vuggy matrix. A representative specimen from an old locality. According to the associated label it was exchanged with US collector Jessie Hardman by René Virlet, probably in 1977, as all the others coming from J.Hardman in this collection.

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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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