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Suolunite

Year of discovery: 1965 (Suolun massif, China), 1982 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of suolunite

• Ca₂Si₂O₅(OH)₂,H₂O
• [Ca²⁺₂][H₂Si₂O₇]^4-,H₂O

• Class: Cuspidine group
• Class: Sorosilicate - Hydrate
• Fluorescence: Short UV excitation (White)

• Color: White, Colorless, Pale yellow
• Streak: White
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Translucent

• Cleavage: No
• Hardness: 3.5
• Density: 2.7

• System: Orthorhombic
• Group: mm2, Fdd2
• Lattice: a=11.1, b=19.8, c=6.0