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Inesite Xonotlite

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Inesite Xonotlite

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Description
Locality: 
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6.2 × 3.2 cm
Weight: 
156.11gr
Description

Salmon-pink blades of inesite, associated with snow-white micro xonotlite fibres, partially covered with highly lustrous, transparent crystals, most likely datolite, on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Inesite

Formula: 
Ca2(Mn,Fe)7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.DL.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hilfe Gottes Mine, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Dillenburg District, Hesse, Germany

Xonotlite

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

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