| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Inesite |
| Formula: | Ca2(Mn,Fe)7Si10O28(OH)2 · 5H2O |
| Habit: | chisel-shaped in stacked, fan-shaped parallell groups and aggregates |
| Colour: | pale red |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals: |
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| Associates: | Datolite
Natrolite
Orlymanite
Thomsonite-Ca
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| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Natrolite | 39 |
| Calcite | 34 |
| Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) | 29 |
| Orlymanite | 27 |
| Xonotlite | 27 |
| Datolite | 22 |
| Oyelite | 6 |
| Tobermorite | 6 |
| Quartz | 5 |
| Rhodochrosite | 4 |
| Pectolite | 4 |
| Gypsum | 3 |
| - var Selenite | 1 |
| Apophyllite Group | 2 |
| Baryte | 2 |
| Thomsonite Subgroup | 1 |
| Thomsonite-Ca | 1 |
| Ruizite | 1 |
| Bultfonteinite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Inesite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (74 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 6489 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:6489:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Inesite |
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| 2.0km (1.2 miles) | ⓘN'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| 2.7km (1.7 miles) | ⓘN'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| 2.9km (1.8 miles) | ⓘN'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| 3.0km (1.9 miles) | ⓘBlack Rock Mine, Black Rock, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa