Mineralpedia Details for Eakerite
Eakerite
- Formula
- Ca2Sn4+Al2Si6O18(OH)2ยท2H2O
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Cleavage
- None, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- colorless, white
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Monoclinic - Prismatic
- Fracture
- Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 5.5
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Eakerite from Foote mine, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, United States
- Special Info
- Type Locality
Eakerite is a very rare tin silicate found in only hree worlwide localities: two in Russia and one in the US. Foote mine is the type locality. This specimen is very rich with hundreds of minute prismatic, colorless crystals.
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