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Zincochenite

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Zincochenite

New Mineral type

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Description
Locality: 
Redmond Mine, Waterville Lake, Haywood County, North Carolina, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with four vugs hosting small, pale blue clusters of the new mineral zincochenite that I discovered at the Redmond Mine. Extremely rare and analyzed. One of the richest samples uncovered and author's material. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zincochenite

Formula: 
Pb4Zn(OH)6(SO4)2
Strunz: 
7.BC.
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Type Locality: 
Redmond Mine, Waterville Lake, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
Isostructural with: 
Chenite

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