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Goudeyite & Clinoclase

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Goudeyite & Clinoclase

Bob Rothenberg collection

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Description
Locality: 
Setoda-cho-hayashi, Ikuchi Island, Inland Sea, Hiroshima Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.1 × 1.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small matrix specimen with crusts of tiny clinoclase crystals along with some radial green goudeyite. Very rare locality for these two arsenate species.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Goudeyite

Formula: 
AlCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.15
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Majuba Hill Mine (Majuba Mine; Mylar Mine; Tin Mine; Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology sample sites 2844 & 2846), Antelope District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

Clinoclase

Formula: 
Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

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