Locality type: | Mine |
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Species: | Kenotobermorite |
Formula: | Ca4Si6O15(OH)2(H2O)2 · 3H2O |
Comments: | The type specimen was erronously stated as comiing from the Wessels mine in Merlino et al (2001), and corrected in Biagioni et al (2015). |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Valid - Type Locality |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Kenotobermorite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 958505 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:958505:8 |
GUID (UUID V4): | e6e01c9c-e048-4ace-a2c2-ef3fc047be54 |
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| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | species kenotobermorite, Ca4Si6O15(OH)2·5H2O (x = 0 and y = 0). The type locality of kenotobermorite is the...the N’Chwaning II mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. Within the tobermorite group, tobermorite...tobermorite and kenotobermorite form a complete solid solution. Al-rich samples do not warrant a new name,...Classification. K EY WORDS : plombièrite, tobermorite, kenotobermorite, clinotobermorite, riversideite, tobermorite...possibility of defects in the tetrahedral chains, with local omission of the bridging tetrahedra (e.g. Taylor |
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