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Talmessite & Austinite

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Talmessite & Austinite

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Description
Locality: 
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Tooele County, Utah, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3.2 × 1.8 cm
Description

A cavity in limonitic gossan is lined with sparkling colourless crystals of talmessite and elongated colourless austinite crystals from the well known depoist at Gold Hill Utah

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Talmessite

Formula: 
Ca2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CG.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Talmessi Mine (Talmesi Mine; Telmessi Mine; Telmesi Mine), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran

Austinite

Formula: 
CaZn(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
Earthstones Australia

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