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Volborthite & Aluminium Strengite

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Volborthite & Aluminium Strengite

Collected 1992
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek, Eureka County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2.2 cm
Description

Matrix with a nice coverage of micro minerals including small white spheres of Al-strengite and dark green platy volborthite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Volborthite

Formula: 
Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.FD.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Sofronovskii Cu Mine, Yugovskii Zavod, Perm', Permskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Aluminium

Formula: 
Al
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Billeekh Intrusion, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Strengite

Formula: 
FePO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Eleonore Mine, Rodheim-Bieber, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany

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