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Mcguinnessite & Vuagnatite

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Mcguinnessite & Vuagnatite

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Description
Locality: 
Copper King Mine, Red Mountain, Mendocino County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 3.1 × 2.8 cm
Description

Sharp colorless vuagnatite crystals on blue mcguinnessite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mcguinnessite

Formula: 
(Mg,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Copper King Mine, Red Mountain, Red Mountain District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Mendocino Co., California, USA

Vuagnatite

Formula: 
CaAl(SiO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
9.AG.60
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Bögürtlencik Tepe, Doganbaba, Taurus Mts, Burdur Province, Mediterranean Region, Turkey