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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Inesite, Datolite & Xonotlite, Wessels Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa - 9.0 x 5.5 x 3.6 cm

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Inesite, Datolite & Xonotlite, Wessels Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa