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Muirite Traskite & Sanbornite

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Muirite Traskite & Sanbornite

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Description
Locality: 
Esquire #1 Claim, Rush Creek, Fresno County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

Orange muirite crystals associated to brown traskite crystals in a contrasting matrix of sanbornite from the type locality for both minerals.

Muirite and traskite have only been found in two localities worldwide

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Muirite

Formula: 
Ba10Ca2Mn2+Ti[(OH,Cl,F)|HSi2O7]5
Strunz: 
9.CN.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA

Traskite

Formula: 
Ba21Ca(Fe2+,Mn,Ti)4(Ti,Fe,Mg)12(Si12O36)(Si2O7)6(O,OH)30Cl6·14H2O
Strunz: 
9.CP.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Colour: 
Red-brown
Type Locality: 
Esquire No. 1 claim, Rush Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA

Sanbornite

Formula: 
Ba2(Si4O10)
Strunz: 
9.EF.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Trumbull Peak Ba-silicate deposit, Trumbull Peak, Clearing House, Clearing House District, East Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA

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