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Creedite On Carbonatecyanotrichite

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Creedite On Carbonatecyanotrichite

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Description
Locality: 
Funtana Raminosa Mine, Gadoni, Nuore Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Weight: 
36.00gr
Description

Fantastic colored specimen with rare italian creedite in lightning pink crystals on blue carbonate-cyanotrichite crystals.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Creedite

Formula: 
Ca3SO4Al2F8(OH)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
3.CG.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Colorado Fluorspar Co. Mine, Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA

Carbonatecyanotrichite

Formula: 
Cu4Al2(CO3,SO4)(OH)12·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DE.10
Hardness: 
2.0
Colour: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Balasauskandyk V Deposit, Karatau Range, Southern Kazakhstan Province (Ongtüstik Qazaqstan Oblysy; Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...