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Macdonaldite

ex Ring collection, Munich,Germany
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Description
Locality: 
Esquire #1 Claim, Rush Creek, Fresno County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 3.1 × 1.4 cm
Description

Macdonaldite is a rare barium-phyllosilicate, only found at a few locaities worldwide.
Here are some crusts and tiny needles of silky white macdonaldite on matrix.
The esquire no. 1 claim is a co-type locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Macdonaldite

Formula: 
BaCa4Si16O36(OH)2·10H2O
Strunz: 
9.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Big Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA

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