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Inesite: Ca2Mn7Si10O28(OH)2·5(H2O) Hubeite: Ca2Mn++Fe+++Si4O12(OH)(H2O)2
Comments: Brown hubeite aggregates accompanied by prismatic pinkish inesite crystals. Location: Fengjiashan Mine, Daye, Hubei China. Scale: 5.3 x 3.7 x 1.1 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Inesite: Ca2Mn7Si10O28(OH)2·5(H2O)
Comments: Bladed crystals of orangish pink Inesite. Location: N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari, South Africa. Scale: 14 x 7.5 cm. © John Veevaert
Inesite: Ca2Mn7Si10O28(OH)2·5(H2O) Ruizite: CaMn+++Si2O6(OH)·2(H2O)
Comments: 1- 3 mm crystal spray of red orange ruizite in an exposed vug in pink inesite. Location: Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: Picture size 1 cm. © John Veevaert
Comments: Translucent, deep root beer brown, platy hueite crystals in fan-like groups to 1mm with delicate pink laths of inesite. Location: Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China. Scale: Picture Size 5 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix