# Inesite > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Inesite > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Inesite.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inesite > Source revision: 1341723440 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Hydrous calcium manganese silicate mineral}} {{Infobox mineral|boxwidth=|boxbgcolor=|name=Inesite|image=Inesite-251631.jpg|imagesize=|alt=|caption=Inesite Crystals from Fengjishan Mine (Daye Copper Mine), Edong Mining District, Daye County, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China.|category=Inosilicates|formula=Ca2Mn7Si10O28(OH)2•5(H2O)| IMAsymbol = Ins{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3|pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W|s2cid=235729616|doi-access=free}}|strunz=09.DL.05|system=Triclinic|symmetry=P{{overline|1}} (no.2)|dana=66.3.3.1|class=|unit cell=|molweight=|color=Rose red, pink, orange-pink, orange-red-brown|habit=Massive, fibrous, radial, spherical|twinning=|cleavage=Perfect|fracture=Irregular/Uneven|tenacity=Brittle|mohs=5.5 - 6|luster=Vitreous, Silky|polish=|opticalprop=|refractive=|birefringence=|pleochroism=|2V=|dispersion=|extinction=|length fast/slow=|fluorescence=Non-fluorescent|absorption=|streak=White|gravity=3.0|density=|melt=|fusibility=|diagnostic=|solubility=|diaphaneity=Translucent|impurities=Fe, Al, Mg, K|alteration=|other=|prop1text=|references={{cite web|url=http://www.webmineral.com/data/Inesite.shtml#.XEvCI89Kjq1|title=Inesite Mineral Data|website=webmineral.com|author=Dave Barthelmy|access-date=2019-01-26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/min-2031.html|title=Inesite: Mineral information, data and localities|website=mindat.org|access-date=2019-01-26}}{{cite journal |last1=Wan |first1=C. |last2=Ghose |first2=S. |journal=American Mineralogist |volume=63 |year=1978 |pages=563–571 |title=Inesite, a hydrated calcium manganese silicate with five-tetrahedral-repeat double chains}}|colour=|prop1=|var1=|var1text=|var2=|var2text=|var3=|var3text=|var4=|var4text=|var5=|var5text=|var6=|var6text=|}} '''Inesite''' is a [hydrous](/source/hydrous) [calcium](/source/calcium) [manganese](/source/manganese) [silicate](/source/Silicate_minerals) [mineral](/source/mineral).{{Cite book|title=The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks And Minerals|last=Chesterman|first=Charles|publisher=Knopf|year=1978|pages=592}}  Its chemical formula is Ca2Mn7Si10O28(OH)2•5(H2O). Inesite is an [inosilicate](/source/inosilicate) with a [triclinic crystal system](/source/triclinic_crystal_system). It has a [Mohs hardness](/source/Mohs_scale_of_mineral_hardness) of 5.5 to 6, and a [specific gravity](/source/specific_gravity) of 3.0. Its name originates from the Greek Ίνες ({{lang|grc-Latn|ines}}), "fibers" in allusion to its color and habit. == Occurrence and distribution == Inesite occurs in [hydrothermal](/source/Hydrothermal_mineral_deposit) replacement deposits of [manganese](/source/manganese)-rich [metamorphic rock](/source/metamorphic_rock)s and [serpentines](/source/Serpentine_subgroup).[https://www.minerals.net/mineral/inesite.aspx The Mineral Inesite]  It was first described in 1887 at Hilfe Gottes Mine, Oberscheld, [Dillenburg](/source/Dillenburg), Dillenburg District, Hesse, Germany. Outside of the [type locality](/source/Type_locality_(geology)), there are several notable localities of inesite, such as:{{cite web|url=http://rruff.info/doclib/hom/inesite.pdf|title=Inesite|date=18 August 2001|access-date=26 January 2019}}http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM53/AM53_1614.pdf Inesite From the Broken Hill Lode, New South Wales, Australia * [Wessels](/source/Wessels_mine) and [N'Chwanning Mines](/source/Nchwaning_mine), Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa where Inesite is associated with [datolite](/source/datolite), [pectolite](/source/pectolite), [apophyllite](/source/apophyllite), [ruizite](/source/ruizite), orientite and [quartz](/source/quartz). * [Broken Hill](/source/Broken_Hill_ore_deposit), New South Wales, Australia. * [Långban](/source/L%C3%A5ngban), Persberg, Värmland, Sweden. * Kawazu Mine, [Shizuoka Prefecture](/source/Shizuoka_Prefecture), Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan * Hale Creek Mine, [Trinity County](/source/Trinity_County%2C_California), California, USA, where Inesite is associated with [Rhodochrosite](/source/Rhodochrosite), bementite, and [hausmannite](/source/hausmannite). * Fengjishan Mine (Daye Copper Mine), Edong Mining District, [Daye County](/source/Daye), Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China. {{Gallery|title=Inesite Gallery|align=center|footer=|height=180|width=200|File:Inesite-Prehnite-k230a.jpg|Bright red inesite with orange prehnite from N'Chwanning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, North Cape, South Africa|File:Inesite-203252.jpg|Inesite from Hale Creek Mine, Trinity County, California, USA|File:Inesite-Hubeite-20506.jpg|Inesite with yellow hubeite from Fengjishan Mine (Daye Copper Mine), Edong Mining District, Daye County, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China|File:Inesite-118226.jpg|Brown Inesite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia|File:Inesite-Orlymanite-k235a.jpg|Inesite on top of orlymanite from Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa|alt1=|alt2=|alt3=|width4=|alt4=|alt5=}} == References == {{reflist}} Category:Manganese(II) minerals Category:Inosilicates Category:Triclinic minerals Category:Calcium minerals Category:Minerals in space group 2 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Inesite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inesite) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inesite?action=history)). 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