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Falcondoite & Willemseite

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Falcondoite & Willemseite

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Description
Locality: 
Falcondo Mine, Bonao, La Vega Province, Dominican Republic
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 5.2 × 2.7 cm
Weight: 
65.00gr
Description

Specimen of falcondoite and willemseite, this is the type locality for falcondoite.
Only two places in the world has found falcondoite, this mine was closed over 10 years ago, eight years ago a rock that had a miner in his home as a souvenir found in his day job in the mine was found, it took several bottles of rum, so the mining agreed to sell, and this rock were achieved just a couple dozen items.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Falcondoite

Formula: 
(Ni,Mg)4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Loma Peguera, Bonao, Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican Republic

Willemseite

Formula: 
(Ni,Mg)3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Scotia Talc mine, Bon Accord, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

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