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Wesselsite Norrishite & Sugilite

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Wesselsite Norrishite & Sugilite

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Description
Locality: 
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 3 cm
Description

Outstanding combination of three very rare minerals from Wessels mine: electric blue wesselsite, brown norrishite and purple sugilite in a very aesthetic combination !

What is also outstanding of this specimen is that wesselsite occurs in appreciable crystals (see photo 1).

It includes a label from Mineral Zone.

Wesselsite has only been found in this locality worldwide!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wesselsite

Formula: 
SrCu[Si4O10]
Strunz: 
9.EA.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa...

Norrishite

Formula: 
KLiMn3+2(Si4O10)O2
Strunz: 
9.EC.20
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Hoskins mine, Grenfell, Forbes Co., New South Wales, Australia

Sugilite

Formula: 
K(Na,□)2Li3(Fe,Mn,Al,Zr)2[Si12O30]
Strunz: 
9.CM.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Iwagi Island, Inland Sea (Setonaikai), Ehime Prefecture, Japan
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