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 Post subject: Another mystery specimen
PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 12:18 pm 
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I received an email with these pictures today. Looks like a carbonate to me, but I'd appreciate some more definitive feedback.
Mystery Rock Owner wrote:
Here is enclosed the stone I received, I showed it to a couple of friend and no one seem
to be able to identify it. I was told it is a Kalahari Xonotlite or a white oyelite rubbed off of bultfonteinite.
Can you take a look based on the picture and let me if it is the right name?

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 Post subject: Re: Another mystery specimen
PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 12:49 pm 
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I found a pic of kalahari xonolite (Ca6Si6O17(OH)2) on
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Photo Courtesy of © John Veevaert

General xonolite info:
Cleavage: {???} Good
Color: Colorless, Gray, Lemon white, Light gray, Pink.
Density: 2.7
Diaphaneity: Transparent
Fracture: Tough - Difficult to break apart as shown by fibrous minerals and most metals.
Habit: Acicular - Occurs as needle-like crystals.
Habit: Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses.
Hardness: 6.5 - Pyrite
Luminescence: Fluorescent, Short UV=weak gray-white, Long UV=weak white.
Luster: Vitreous - Silky
Magnetism: Nonmagnetic
Streak: white


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 Post subject: Re: Another mystery specimen
PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:17 am 
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looks like rhodochrosite to me...not xonotlite

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