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Loughlinite

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Loughlinite

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Description
Locality: 
Westvaco Mine, Green River Basin, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.5 × 1 cm
Description

White-beige silky lustrous parallel fibrously up to 4 cm large crystal aggregates, together with pale yellow glassy prismatic gemmy Shortite crystals of 1,5 cm. Outstandingly good display specimens, found in the 1980s.

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Loughlinite

Formula: 
Na2Mg3Si6O16·8H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.25
Hardness: 
1.0 - 0.0
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Westvaco mine, Green River formation, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming, USA