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Oyelite & Bultfonteinite

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Oyelite & Bultfonteinite

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 5 × 3.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

Good specimen, sits nicely as well.

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

Bultfonteinite

Formula: 
Ca2(HSiO4)F·H2O
Strunz: 
9.AG.80
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Bultfontein, Lejweleputswa District, Free State Province, South Africa