Mineralpedia Details for Stokesite
Stokesite
- Formula
- CaSnSi3O9ยท2H2O
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Crystal Habit
- Massive
- Cleavage
- Good, Good, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- colorless
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
- Hardness
- 6
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Stokesite from Urucum mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
The stokesite ball is 5mm across on a matrix of light blue Albite, cleavelandite variety. The yellow crystals on the tan Stokesite ball are Stannomicrolite.
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