Tungusite

Formula: Ca14Fe9Si24O60(OH)22

Origin of name: after locality Tunguska River, Siberia, Russia

 

Crystal system: triclinic

Crystal class: -1

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Colour: grass-green to yellowish green

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Luster: pearly (weakly)

Habit: plates to 0.5 cm, radiating-fibrous crusts

Hardness: about 2

Specific gravity: 2.59

Cleavage: none

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Comments: series with gyrolite

 

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