Bigcreekite
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Bigcreekite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 2 x 2 x 1 cm - Thumbnail
- Formula
- BaSi2O5·4H2O (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Esquire #7 claim, Big Creek, Fresno Co., California, United States
Striated cleavages across Sanbornite matrix to 3mm. Bigcreekite is a two locality mineral and is extremely rare. It was originally found in fly rock during road construction according to Walstrom and Leising.
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
- Phillips Collection
- Special Info
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