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Lourenswalsite Kassite & Labuntsovite

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Lourenswalsite Kassite & Labuntsovite

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Description
Locality: 
Diamond Jo Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 1.8 × 1.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on a thumbnail sample with exceptional tan rosettes of lourenswalsite in a large vug with sprays of pectolite, tabular orange crystals of labuntsovite, barite blades and even a few small yellow sprays of rare kassite. This is one of the best known samples of lourenswlasite and was collected by the man who owned the quarry, Henry Delinde, and is from his personal collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lourenswalsite

Formula: 
(K,Ba)2(Ti,Mg,Ca,Fe)4(Si,Al,Fe)6O14(OH)12
Strunz: 
9.EJ.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Diamond Jo Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA

Kassite

Formula: 
CaTi2O4(OH)2
Strunz: 
4.DH.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Afrikanda Massif, Afrikanda, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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