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Bigcreekite

#REW60021
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Bigcreekite from Esquire #7 claim, Big Creek, Fresno Co., California, United States - REW60021
Bigcreekite from Esquire #7 claim, Big Creek, Fresno Co., California, United States - REW60021

Bigcreekite

#REW60021
Availability
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Size
3 x 2.5 x 2 cm - Thumbnail 
Formula
BaSi2O5·4H2O (RRUFF)
Locality
Esquire #7 claim, Big Creek, Fresno Co., California, United States
Tagged
Ba Silicates , barium

Heavily striated and partially replaced by opal Bigcreekite. Also in the matrix is Verplanckite, Sanbornite and Pyrrhotite.

Type Locality

Bigcreekite

Formula
BaSi2O5·4H2O 
Crystal System
Orthorhombic 
Crystal Habit
Tabular, Subhedral Crystals 
Cleavage
Perfect, Perfect, None 
Luster
Vitreous - Pearly 
Color
colorless, white 
Streak
white 
Class
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal 
Fracture
Brittle 
Hardness
2-3 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
Robert E. Walstrom collection
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