Xonotlite is a mineral that has a silky luster and is found transparent from colorless to pink in a wide viarity of colors. It is ocassionaly found growing with other rocks such as gneiss and limestone.
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| - Xonotlite is a mineral that has a silky luster and is found transparent from colorless to pink in a wide viarity of colors. It is ocassionaly found growing with other rocks such as gneiss and limestone.
- Xonotlite is a mineral with the chemical formula Ca6Si6O17(OH)2. It crystallizes in the monoclinic - prismatic crystal system with typically an acicular crystal form or habit. It can be colorless, gray, light gray, lemon white, or pink. It is transparent with a vitreous to silky luster. It leaves a white streak. Xonotlite is rated 6.5 on the Mohs Scale of hardness. It was first described in 1866 and named for its occurrence in Tetela de Xonotla, Puebla, Mexico It occurs as veins in serpentinite and contact metamorphism aureoles.
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| - Xonotlite is a mineral that has a silky luster and is found transparent from colorless to pink in a wide viarity of colors. It is ocassionaly found growing with other rocks such as gneiss and limestone.
- Xonotlite is a mineral with the chemical formula Ca6Si6O17(OH)2. It crystallizes in the monoclinic - prismatic crystal system with typically an acicular crystal form or habit. It can be colorless, gray, light gray, lemon white, or pink. It is transparent with a vitreous to silky luster. It leaves a white streak. Xonotlite is rated 6.5 on the Mohs Scale of hardness. It was first described in 1866 and named for its occurrence in Tetela de Xonotla, Puebla, Mexico It occurs as veins in serpentinite and contact metamorphism aureoles.
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