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Xonotlite On Inesite On Datolite

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Xonotlite On Inesite On Datolite

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Description
Locality: 
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 4.3 × 2.4 cm
Weight: 
72.19gr
Description

Soft white xonotlite on salmon-pink inesite on clear datolite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Xonotlite

Formula: 
Ca6(Si6O17)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DG.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Tetela de Xonotla, Puebla, Mexico

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

Datolite

Formula: 
Ca(HBSiO5)
Strunz: 
9.AJ.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Nødebro Mine (Nøddebro), Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

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