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Juanitaite & Tyrolite

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Locality: 
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Tooele County, Utah, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.5 × 1.9 cm
Description

Rare copper-bismuth arsenate mineral juanitaite occurs as rich coatings of tiny olive-green plates on greyish quartzite matrix, with bluish-green, pearly tyrolite sprays. Gold Hill Mine is the Type Locality of juanitaite.

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

Tyrolite

Formula: 
Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.DM.10
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Falkenstein, Falkenstein District, Schwaz, Brixlegg - Schwaz area, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
Loranth Minerals

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