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Surite

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Description
Locality: 
Mammoth - St Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.3 × 2.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with very rich clusters of white surite crystals in several cavities with minor mimetite and needles of willemite. 

Mineral Data
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Surite

Formula: 
(Pb,Ca)3(Al,Fe2+,Mg)2((Si,Al)4O10)(CO3)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.75
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cruz del Sur Mine, Río Negro, Argentina

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