Noelbensonite
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Noelbensonite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 10 x 7.5 x 1 cm - Cabinet
- Formula
- BaMn3+2Si2O7(OH)2·H2O (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Woods mine, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia
A rare barium silicate, the Noelbensonite are the brownish grains in this matrix with Rhodonite. This slab is off of the originally described specimen used by the authors. See provenance for a description. The specimen was wetted to bring out the colors.
Noelbensonite
- Formula
- BaMn3+2Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Crystal Habit
- Blocky, Cryptocrystalline, Crystalline - Fine
- Cleavage
- None, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous - Greasy
- Color
- dark brown
- Streak
- yellow brown
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
- Fracture
- Brittle - Uneven
- Hardness
- 4
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
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