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Sakhaite with Kombatite

#38436
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Sakhaite from Kombat mine, Grootfontein, Namibia - 38436
Sakhaite from Kombat mine, Grootfontein, Namibia - 38436

Sakhaite with Kombatite

#38436
Availability
Sold
Size
1.5 x 1 x 1 cm - Thumbnail 
Formula
Ca48Mg16Al(SiO3OH)4(CO3)16(BO3)28·(H2O)3(HCl)3 (RRUFF)
Locality
Kombat mine, Grootfontein, Namibia

Greyish to purple, excellent crystal. Crystals such as this one must be very rare. There is probably work to be done on this specimen as Dunn's description was a work-in-progress. This may be a pseudomorph. Nonetheless a very interesting piece with associated bright yellow crystal grain of Kombatite to 1mm.

Sakhaite

Formula
Ca48Mg16Al(SiO3OH)4(CO3)16(BO3)28·(H2O)3(HCl)3 
Crystal System
Isometric 
Crystal Habit
Euhedral Crystals, Massive 
Cleavage
None, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous - Greasy 
Color
colorless, gray, gray white 
Streak
white 
Class
Isometric - Gyroidal 
Hardness
5 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

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