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Windhoekite

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Windhoekite

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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 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Brown windhoekite crystals with aegirine and apophyllite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Windhoekite

Formula: 
Ca2Fe3+2.67[Si8O20](OH)4·10H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
Beige
Type Locality: 
Aris Quarries (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry), Aris, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia