Inesite and Apophyllite
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Inesite and Apophyllite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 4 x 6 x 1 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Formula
- Ca2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Wessels mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Mn fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
- Tagged
- zeolite
Plate of red Inesite crystals to 2mm covering matrix with a bit of colorless Aphophyllite. Label dated at 1961. Not quite as red as the digital photos turned out.
Inesite
- Formula
- Ca2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O
- Crystal System
- Triclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Radial, Massive - Fibrous, Spherical
- Cleavage
- Perfect, Good, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- brown, brown, pink, orange
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Triclinic - Pinacoidal
- Fracture
- Brittle - Uneven
- Hardness
- 6
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Phillips Collection
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