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Xonotlite With Calcite

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Xonotlite With Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 5.8 × 2.1 cm
Weight: 
89.30gr
Description

The specimen has a single crystal form of doubly terminated calcite amidst a deposit of fibrous opalescent xonotlite. The spread of the xonotlite covers the matrix surface in drifts of delicate flow like form with occasional spray like silhoettes standing out. The calcite to 2.1cm with a small abrasion on the termination.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Xonotlite

Formula: 
Ca6(Si6O17)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DG.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Tetela de Xonotla, Puebla, Mexico

Calcite

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

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