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Oyelite & Bakerite & Vesuvianite

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Oyelite & Bakerite & Vesuvianite

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Description
Locality: 
Shijiangshan Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.5 × 0.7 cm
Description

Lustrous white oyelite crystals with colorless bakerite crystals on green vesuvianite crystals (EDS & XRD Mineralanalytik 2810 J. Desor)  ( For original close-up photo contact us )

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Oyelite

Formula: 
Ca10Si8B2O29·12.5H2O
Strunz: 
9.HA.80
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Fuka mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Bakerite

Variety Of: 

Datolite

Formula: 
Ca(HBSiO5)
Strunz: 
9.AJ.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Formula: 
Ca4(H5B5Si3O20)
Type Locality: 
Corkscrew Canyon Mine (Corkscrew Mine), Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo Co., California, USA

Vesuvianite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na,☐)19(Al,Mg,Fe3+)13(☐,B,Al,Fe3+)5(Si2O7)4(SiO4)10(OH,F,O)10
Strunz: 
9.BG.35
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy