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Effenbergerite

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: 
7 × 6 × 4 cm
Weight: 
200.00gr
Description

Effenbergerite - Taken out  March 2012. From the Colin Owen collection.  Very thick blue crystal formation. Has been XRD.  There were only 4 or 5 specimens of this thick formation that I got, and that was the whole pocket.  This is very rare...

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What's on the rock

Effenbergerite

Formula: 
BaCu[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...