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Tsepinite-Na & Ellingsenite

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Tsepinite-Na & Ellingsenite

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Description
Locality: 
Aris Quarry, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

A good, light brown tsepinite crystal on analcime with white tiny balls of ellingsenite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tsepinite-Na

Formula: 
Na2(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)(OH,O)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
9.CE.30b
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Khibinpakhkchorr Mt., Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Ellingsenite

Formula: 
Na5Ca6Si18O38(OH)13·6H2O
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Aris Quarries (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry), Aris, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia