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INESITE with quartz
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Description:
Pink inesite, [Ca2Mn7Si10O28(OH)2.5H2O], bisected by a crystal of quartz, sitting on matrix of white feldspar sprinkled with the new rare mineral hubeite, Ca2Mn"Fe"'Si4O12(OH).2H2O.
Locality:
Daye Mine, Hebei Prov., China
Photo donor:
Image is by courtesy of Stuart Wilensky
www.wilenskyminerals.com