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Zapatalite On Scholzite

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Zapatalite On Scholzite

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Description
Locality: 
Snowstorm Mine, Lander County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Description

Colourless crystal-groups of Scholzite covered with lightblue aggregates of Zapatalite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zapatalite

Formula: 
Cu3Al4(PO4)3(OH)9·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DE.20
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
1.5
Streak: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Unnamed prospect, Cerro Morita, Sonora, Mexico

Scholzite

Formula: 
CaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CA.45
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Prismatic or platy crystals
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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