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Juanitaite

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Juanitaite

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Description
Locality: 
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Tooele County, Utah, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.3 × 2.3 cm
Description

An excellent specimen of juanitaite, a rare bismuth-copper-calcium-arsenate, from the Type Locality.
The sample has a rich coverage of tiny yellow-green tabular crystals of juanitaite associated with some minor blue connellite and tyrolite.
Beautiful under magnification.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Juanitaite

Formula: 
Bi(Cu,Ca,Fe)10(AsO4)4(OH)11·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DE.40
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
1.0
Type Locality: 
Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
Cartils Minerals

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