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Bigcreekite

#PD36848

Bigcreekite

#PD36848
Availability
Sold
Size
2.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm - Thumbnail 
Formula
BaSi2O5·4H2O (RRUFF)
Locality
Esquire #7 claim, Big Creek, Fresno Co., California, United States

Colorless to white thin vein filling with hackly or fibrous habit in Sanbornite rich matrix. Rare - California is the only reported locality in the world.

Type Locality

Bigcreekite

Formula
BaSi2O5·4H2
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
Type Locality

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