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Artinite & Desautelsite

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Artinite & Desautelsite

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Description
Locality: 
Artinite Pit, San Benito County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.1 × 0.5 cm
Weight: 
2.00gr
Description

Nice white acicular artinite crystals in association with small, orange/yellow desautelsite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Artinite

Formula: 
Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Dossi di Franscia (Franscia Mine; Franscia Mines; Franscia Quarries), Campo Franscia (Franscia), Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

Desautelsite

Formula: 
Mg6Mn3+2(OH)16[CO3]·4H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.50
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Cedar Hill Quarry (Stoltzfuss Quarry), Fulton Township, State Line Chromite District, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA

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