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Dellaite & Rustumite

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Dellaite & Rustumite

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Description
Locality: 
Negra Mine, Maconi, Cadereyta Municipality, Queretaro, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.3 × 0.2 cm
Description

Intermixed white grains of dellaite and rustumite in spurrite from Mexico.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dellaite

Formula: 
Ca6(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.BG.45
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan, North West Highlands (Argyllshire), Scotland, UK

Rustumite

Formula: 
Ca10(Si2O7)2(SiO4)(OH)2Cl2
Strunz: 
9.BG.30
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan, North West Highlands (Argyllshire), Scotland, UK

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