Properties
⛏ Mohs hardness5
💅🪙🍶🔪💎
A steel knife scratches it, it won't scratch glass.
🔷 Monoclinic✏️ streak white
| Chemical formula | Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃) |
|---|---|
| Elements | Ca, Si, O, C |
| Crystal system | Monoclinic |
| Mohs hardness | 5 |
| Density | — |
| Streak | white |
| Color | — |
| IMA symbol | Spu |
| Nickel–Strunz class | 9.AH.15 |
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- Spurrite on Mindat.org
- Wikipedia article
- Wikidata item Q1956872 (source of this page's data – you can correct it there)
IMA mineral species
5–6
Monoclinic
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