DEFERNITE Ca6(CO3)2-X(SiO4)X(OH)7(Cl,OH)1-2X, X ~ 0.5 (orthorhombic)

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dark red crystalline in granular manganite with calcite
Kombat Mine, Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia

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