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Nevadaite

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Nevadaite

Martin Jensen collection
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Description
Locality: 
Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek, Eureka County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.8 × 1.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with excpetionally well-formed crystals of nevadaite on matrix. This material is from the find that produced nice enough crystals to define the structure of the species for description. Much nicer crystals than the typical radial sprays encoutered. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nevadaite

Formula: 
(Cu2+,Al,V3+)6Al8(PO4)8F8(OH)2·22H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.60
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Gold Quarry Mine (Maggie claims; Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology Sample Site No. 1560; Deep West Ore Body), Maggie Creek Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

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