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Nekoite & Johannsenite

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Nekoite & Johannsenite

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Description
Locality: 
Iron Cap Mine, Black Peak, Gila County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Nekoite and nice johannsenite on matrix

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

Johannsenite

Formula: 
CaMn2+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA