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Nekoite & Apophyllite

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Nekoite & Apophyllite

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Description
Locality: 
La Cotita Mine, Inca de Oro, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Description

White clusters of spheres and radiating crystals of Nekoite, acompanied by cubes of apophylite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nekoite

Formula: 
Ca3Si6O15·7H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.45
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Wet Weather Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

Apophyllite

Synonym Of: 

Fluorapophyllite-(K)

Formula: 
KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH)·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.15
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0

Fluorapophyllite-(Na)

Formula: 
NaCa4(Si8O20)F·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

Formula: 
KCa4(Si8O20)(OH,F)·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

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