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Krauskopfite

Year of discovery: 1965 (Rush Creek deposit, USA), 1981 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of krauskopfite

• BaSi₂O₄(OH)₂,2H₂O
• [Ba²⁺][(HSiO₃)₂]^2-,2H₂O

• Class: Inosilicate (Single chain) - Hydrate

• 3H₂O - []: Sanbornite

• Color: Colorless, White
• Streak: White
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Transparent

• Cleavage: Perfect on {010} and {001} (2 planes)
• Hardness: 4
• Density: 3.1

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: 2/m, P2₁/a
• Lattice: a=8.5, b=10.6, c=7.8, β=94.5