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Inesite

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Description
Locality: 
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3.5 × 8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.25cm
Weight: 
73.00gr
Description

Nice Inesite specimen from Wessels Mine, Northern Cape, South Africa. This mine has produced some of the finest examples of this mineral found anywhere in the world.  This is an old specimen...

Mineral Data
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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