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Wilcoxite

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Wilcoxite

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Description
Locality: 
Lone Pine Mine, Lone Pine Hill, Catron County, New Mexico, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a blob of wilcoxite making up the entire sample. Wilcoxite is extremely hygroscopic and will dissolve in its own water and then recrystallize when it dries back out. Neat stuff!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wilcoxite

Formula: 
MgAl(SO4)2F·17H2O
Strunz: 
7.DE.45
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Lone Pine Mine, Lone Pine Hill area, Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USA

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