Sanbornite
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Sanbornite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 5 x 5 x 1.2 cm - Miniature
- Formula
- BaSi2O5 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Rush Creek, Fresno Co., California, United States
A thick cleavage plate of light green Sanbornite. Sanbornite is the most abundant barium silicate at these deposits. The mineral has one perfect cleavage and a specific density of 3.7. According to Walstrom and Leising the largest masses recovered was 20cm with a thickness of 8cm. This specimen is originally from the Carlton Davis collection.
Sanbornite
- Formula
- BaSi2O5
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Crystal Habit
- Platy
- Cleavage
- Perfect, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- colorless, white
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
- Hardness
- 5
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Phillips Collection
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