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Nambulite & Inesite

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Nambulite & Inesite

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Description
Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 7 × 6.3 cm
Description

Massive specimen of dark red nambulite and pink inesite.

X-rayed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nambulite

Formula: 
(Li,Na)Mn4Si5O14(OH)
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Funakozawa mine, Ono, Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

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

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