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Mindat Short Description

In daylight, natural hardystonite is a very non-descript massive ashen white mineral distinguished from massive calcite by a lack of cleavage and a somewhat greasy luster. (Note: Many photographers over-expose images of hardystonite to accentuate the b...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Wolff J E (1899) On hardystonite, a new calcium-zinc silicate from Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 34, 479-481

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

Ca₂ZnSi₂O₇

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Ca₂Zn²⁺Si₂O₇

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/hardystonite.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Hardystonite.shtml