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Makatite & Tuperssuatsiaite

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Makatite & Tuperssuatsiaite

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Description
Locality: 
Aris Quarry, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

White cotton-like fibers of makatite with radial aggregates of green-brown

tuperssuatsiaite in a vug in phonolite matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Makatite

Formula: 
Na2Si4O8(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.45
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
white
Type Locality: 
Lake Magadi, South Rift Valley, Rift Valley Province, Kenya

Tuperssuatsiaite

Formula: 
Na2Fe3Si8O20(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Tuperssuatsiat Bay, Tunulliarfik Fjord (Tunugdliarfik), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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