INESITE Ca2Mn7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O (triclinic) . pinkish stout crystals lining vug in rock . Hale Creek Mine, Trinity County, California . 紅矽鈣錳礦晶体常見粉紅色柱狀，常見‘鑿子’狀∼"chisel-shaped" ，形成放射狀集合体． 玻璃光澤，硬度 5.5 ，常被誤認菱錳礦或薔薇輝石∼rhodonite. 與 rhodonite, serpentine, axinite, rhodochrosite and apophyllite 共生．為罕見之礦．
礦名來源：From the Greek ines - "flesh fibers."

著名產地∼New Broken Hill Mine, Australia; Nanzenbach, Germany; Trinity Co., California, USA and Durango, Mexico.

經典名礦欣賞 ．２．３．４．５
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