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Ellestadite & Tobermorite

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Ellestadite & Tobermorite

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Description
Locality: 
Crestmore Quarries, Riverside County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 9.1 × 4.2 cm
Weight: 
328.00gr
Description

Very nice rich specimen of the rare minerals ellestadite and tobermorite from the famous Crestmore Quarry in southern California. Crestmore is the type locality for dozens of rare calc-silicate minerals and good specimens are getting hard to come by from this long-closed location. Rare!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ellestadite

Synonym Of: 

Fluorellestadite

Formula: 
Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F
Strunz: 
9.AH.25
Hardness: 
4.5

Hydroxylellestadite

Formula: 
Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(OH)
Strunz: 
9.AH.25
Hardness: 
4.5

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