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Muirite

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Muirite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Gun Claim, Wilson Lake, Itsi Mountain, Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.3 × 3.2 cm
Description

Orange-brown grains of muirite in a white to grey sanbornite matrix. A sample of this rare complex barium-silicate.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Muirite

Formula: 
Ba10Ca2Mn2+Ti[(OH,Cl,F)|HSi2O7]5
Strunz: 
9.CN.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA
Cartils Minerals

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