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Tilleyite & Calcite & Riversideite

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Tilleyite & Calcite & Riversideite

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Description
Locality: 
Crestmore Quarries, Riverside County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Description

Tilleyite with blue calcite and riversideite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tilleyite

Formula: 
Ca5(Si2O7)(CO3)2
Strunz: 
9.BE.82
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Riversideite

Formula: 
Ca5(HSi3O9)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.DG.10
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA