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Wairakite & Truscottite

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Wairakite & Truscottite

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Description
Locality: 
Toi Mine, Toicho, Shizuko Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.1 × 2.7 cm
Description

A series of cavities lined with wairakite crystal as well as minor quartz and some small platelets of truscottite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wairakite

Formula: 
Ca(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Lake Taupo, Wairakei geothermal area, Wairakei, Taupo, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand

Truscottite

Formula: 
(Ca,Mn)14Si24O58(OH)8·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.35
Hardness: 
3.5 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Lebong Donok Mine, Rejang Lebong District (Rediang Lebong District), Bengkulu Province (Benkoelen Province; Benkulen Province), Sumatera Island (Sumatra Island), Indonesia
Earthstones Australia

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