Specimen #1520
Name: Inesite, Datolite & Xonotlite
Type: Mineral
Locality: Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Favorite? N
Fluorescent? N
Size: 9.0 x 5.5 x 3.6 cm
Weight:
Acquired: 2009-06-16
Source: Trinity: John Veevaert
Label: Y
Comment: This specimen consists of red inesite with cottony radial xonotlite and lustrous, colorless crystals of datolite. The inesite is 2.5 cm across.
Minerals: Datolite (CaBSiO4(OH)) Inesite (Ca2Mn7Si10O28(OH)2 5(H2O)) Xonotlite (Ca6Si6O17(OH)2)
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