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Wupatkiite & Moorhouseite

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Wupatkiite & Moorhouseite

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Description
Locality: 
Cameron, Cameron Mining District, Coconino County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 3.3 × 2.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a rich miniature with large pink balls of moorhouseite in association with rich sprays of rare wupatkiite from the type locality. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wupatkiite

Formula: 
(Co,Mg,Ni)Al2(SO4)4·22H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.85
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cameron, Cameron District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA

Moorhouseite

Formula: 
(Co,Ni,Mn)SO4·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.25
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Walton Barite Mine (Magnet Cove Barium Corp. Mine), Walton, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

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