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Jouravskite Xonotlite & Bultfonteinite

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Jouravskite Xonotlite & Bultfonteinite

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning Mines, Kuruman, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm
Weight: 
80.00gr
Description

Vitreous, gemmy, yellow jouravskite, with white xonotlite and attractive peach coloured bultfonteinite. There are some small contact marks.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Jouravskite

Formula: 
Ca3Mn4+(SO4}(CO3)(OH)6·12H2O
Strunz: 
7.DG.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Tachgagalt Mine, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

Xonotlite

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

Bultfonteinite

Formula: 
Ca2(HSiO4)F·H2O
Strunz: 
9.AG.80
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Bultfontein, Lejweleputswa District, Free State Province, South Africa

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