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Oyelite & Calcite

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Oyelite & Calcite

Classic Locality
Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning Mines, Kuruman, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.6 × 1.5 cm
Description

Beautiful specimen of very rare snow white Oyelite on Calcite crystals from famous NChwaning Mines. Very strong fluorescence (red) in SW UV!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Oyelite

Formula: 
Ca10Si8B2O29·12.5H2O
Strunz: 
9.HA.80
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Fuka mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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