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Zapatalite

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Zapatalite

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Description
Locality: 
Lander County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm
Description

Zapatalite is a copper bearing phosphate species which occurs only in a few localities. It forms pale blue spheres.

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
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Zapatalite