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Maricopaite

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Maricopaite

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Description
Locality: 
Moon Anchor Mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with some really nice sprays of maricopaite on matrix with mimetite. A really rich example of this rare zeolite. Typically the crystals are not so freely grown. Still a one locality species!

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Maricopaite

Formula: 
Pb7Ca2(Si,Al)48O100·32H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.35
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
Type Locality: 
Moon Anchor Mine (Aggravation Mine; East Vulture Mining Co. Mine), Hummingbird Spring, Osborn District, Big Horn Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA

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