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.
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