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Ellestadite : Ca5[(O,OH,F)|(SiO4,SO4,PO4)3]

Caspar quarry, Ettringer Bellerberg Mt. (Bellberg Mt.; Bellenberg Mt.; Billenberg Mt.; Boilenberg Mt.), Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Ellestadite (blue) with grains of Quartz (reddish-grey), Quartz surrounded by Cuspidine (white), Magnetite (black), Ca-rich xenolith, photographer Christof Schäfer, collection C.&H. Schäfer
 © C.H.M.-SchäferPhoto ID: 43380    View Count: 389

Ellestadite : Ca5[(O,OH,F)|(SiO4,SO4,PO4)3], Vesuvianite : Ca10(Mg,Fe)2Al4Si9O34(OH)4, Calcite : CaCO3

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

Pink massive Ellestadite ("Wilkeite") and Vesuvianite and (Blue) Calcite.

Specimen is approx 10cm across. From Natural History Museum, London. Photo taken 2002
 © J.Ralph 2002Photo ID: 38006    View Count: 586

Ellestadite : Ca5[(O,OH,F)|(SiO4,SO4,PO4)3], Tobermorite : Ca5Si6(O,OH)18·5H2O, Vesuvianite : Ca10(Mg,Fe)2Al4Si9O34(OH)4, Calcite : CaCO3

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

A 9cm specimen of white massive "crestmoreite", a mixture of tobermorite and ellestadite on green vesuvianite with blue calcite. Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences #18416, and Ward's Natural Science Establishment. C. Stefano specimen #3016.
 © C. Stefano '09Photo ID: 242432    View Count: 25
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