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Potassic-fluoro-richterite & Ganophyllite

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Potassic-fluoro-richterite & Ganophyllite

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Description
Locality: 
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 4.9 × 2 cm
Weight: 
71.00gr
Description

A fine Potassic-Fluororichterite & Ganophyllite specimen from Wessels Mine, Northern Cape, South Africa with XRD paper.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Potassic-fluoro-richterite

Formula: 
{K}{CaNa}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
San Vito quarry, San Vito, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Ganophyllite

Formula: 
(K,Na,Ca)2Mn8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)32·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EG.30
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden