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Woodhouseite With Topaz

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Woodhouseite With Topaz

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Description
Locality: 
Champion Mine, White Mountains, Mono County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.9 × 1.6 cm
Weight: 
15.00gr
Description

A specimen with tan colored woodhouseite crystals and minor topaz crystals.  Woodhouseite is a secondary mineral found where wall rock alteration occured, formed by disseminated guano.  Unusual material!

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Woodhouseite

Formula: 
CaAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.05
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Champion Mine (White Mountain Mine; Jeffrey Mine; Diaspore; Vulcanus; Black Eagle; Champion Sillimanite Mine; Champion Andalusite Mine; Vulcanite Mine; Vulcanite & Vulcanus No. 156; Black Eagle & Vulcanus Nos. 8 and 9 No. 157), White Mountain Peak, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA

Topaz

Formula: 
Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
8.0
Streak: 
White

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