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Goudeyite & Olivenite

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Goudeyite & Olivenite

Martin Jensen collection
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Description
Locality: 
Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope, Pershing County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.2 × 1.9 cm
Description

You are bidding on an exceptional, rich sample of goudeyite collected at the Majuba Hill Mine by Martin Jensen in 1991. Two large vuggy areas host rich coverages of goudeyite needles with abundant prisms of olivenite. Confirmed by EDS by Martin. Fantastic under the scope and very aesthetic. 

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

Olivenite

Formula: 
Cu2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Carharrack Mine, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

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