Internet Mineral Dealer since 2001 - Fine and Rare Mineral specimens.
Advanced Search
Login 

What's New
1 - Lengenbach (Min)
2 - Gold (Min)
3 - Buttgenbac (Min)
4 - Gold (Min)
5 - Rouaite (Min)
6 - Goldhillit (Min)
7 - Phosphophy (Min)
8 - Guimarãesi (Min)
9 - Faujasite- (Min)
10 - Kongsbergi (GMi)
11 - Fluorite (GMi)
12 - Olshanskyi (GMi)
13 - Pyrite (GMi)
14 - Pyromorphi (GMi)
15 - Sulphur (GMi)
16 - Fluorite (GMi)
17 - Dolomite (GMi)
18 - Arsenopyri (GMi)
19 - Cerussite (GMi)
20 - Cinnabar (GMi)
21 - Molybdenit (GMi)
22 - Calcite (GMi)
23 - Fuchsite (GMi)
24 - Iranite (Min)
25 - Lorandite (Min)
26 - Agardite-( (Min)
27 - Caledonite (Min)
28 - Romanechit (GMi)
29 - Bixbyite (Min)
30 - Braunite (Rol)
31 - Braunite ( (Rol)
32 - Barstowite (Rol)
33 - Boulangeri (Rol)
34 - Chabazite- (Rol)
35 - Hydromagne (Rol)
36 - Heterosite (Rol)
37 - Ecdemite, (Rol)
38 - Slavikite (Rol)
39 - Babingtoni (Rol)
40 - Aikinite a (Min)

Stokesite - Urucum claim, Barra do Cuieté, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil (#:MINS8960)

Globular growth, practically spherical, a floater, of platy crystals. The development of the crystals and their luster are excellent for this rare calcium and tin silicate.

Formula :
Ca2Sn2[Si6O18] * 4 H2O

System: orthorhombic Hardness:6 Rarity:very rare
Strunz id:VIII/F.29-30 - SILICATES
Name origin: Named after Sir George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903), mathematician and physicist, University of Cambridge (England), after whom is named Stokes law, describing the force acting on a particle moving in a fluid medium.

Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size: 18mm x 16 mm x 10 mm

Product Inquiry


Related Products :
Brazil 1-(TN) Thumbnail (Max 3.1 cm)
Search Related Products
Minservice (Sondrio - Italy) Minservice Galleries Main
  
Stokesite - Urucum claim, Barra do Cuieté, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Product Inquiry



switch images in [1] (original size) or [2] columns (resized images)



switch images in [1] (original size) or [2] columns (resized images)