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Wesselsite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 7 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
103.00gr
Description

This very rare wesselsite specimen is from Wessels Mine, Northern Cape. With XRD paper.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wesselsite

Formula: 
SrCu[Si4O10]
Strunz: 
9.EA.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa...