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Jasonsmithite & Metaswitzerite

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Jasonsmithite & Metaswitzerite

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Description
Locality: 
Foote Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.4 × 0.9 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a tiny spray of extremely rare jasonsmithite in a vug with tabular crystals of metaswitzerite. Collected in 2009 and comes with a signed label! Probably the last sample of this mineral I have to offer. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Jasonsmithite

Formula: 
Mn2+4ZnAl(PO4)4(OH)(H2O)7•3.5H2O
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Type Locality: 
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain Mining District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

Metaswitzerite

Formula: 
Mn3(PO4)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.25
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA

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