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Xonotlite

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Description
Locality: 
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.7 × 1.7 cm
Description

Showy clusters of silky white fibrous xonotlite crystals on light pink rhodochrosite matrix.

Acquired in 1991. Ex J.Muizebelt specimen.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Xonotlite

Formula: 
Ca6(Si6O17)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DG.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Tetela de Xonotla, Puebla, Mexico

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