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Sincosite & Minyulite

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Sincosite & Minyulite

Dan Behnke collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Ross Hannibal Mine, Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.1 × 1.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with very nice crystals of sincosite on matrix with minor sprays of minyulite. Rich and aesthetic sample! Comes with Dan's original single slide and index card. 

This sample is from the collection of Dan Behnke, long-time friend, micromounter and prodigious photographer. I am pleased to be able to offer selections from his large collection, many of which are illustrated specimens in Rocks & Minerals, The Mineralogiocal Record, Photo Atlas of Minerals and many other publications. All samples from his meticulously catalogued collection will come with his original index card with all notes, photography annotations and other pertinent information, as well as any slides Dan may have taken of the sample with publication notes and date the photo was made.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sincosite

Formula: 
Ca(VO)2(PO4)2·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.CJ.65
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Sincos, Sincos district, Jauja province, Junín department, Peru

Minyulite

Formula: 
KAl2(PO4)2(OH,F)·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Minyulo Well, Dandaragan, Dandaragan Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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