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Juanitaite & Connellite

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Juanitaite & Connellite

William Henderson collection
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Description
Locality: 
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Tooele County, Utah, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.9 × 0.9 cm
Description

A small matrix specimen with minute clusters of juanitaite crystals accompanied by short, stout barrels of connellite. Originally collected by Joe Marty and given to Bill Henderson.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Juanitaite

Formula: 
Bi(Cu,Ca,Fe)10(AsO4)4(OH)11·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DE.40
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
1.0
Type Locality: 
Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

Connellite

Formula: 
Cu19(SO4)(OH)32Cl4·3H2O
Strunz: 
3.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Providence, Providence Mines, Carbis Bay, St Ives, St Ives District, Cornwall, England, UK

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