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Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

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Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning Mines, Kuruman, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
123.00gr
Description

The N'Chwaning Mine is famous for its world-class Rhodochrosite crystals. What most people don't know is that it also produces this rare mineral. This sample have  pearly lustre crystals up to 8 mm side

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

Formula: 
KCa4(Si8O20)(OH,F)·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Ore Knob Mine, Ore Knob, Ashe Co., North Carolina, USA