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Lipscombite Wavellite & Turquoise

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Lipscombite Wavellite & Turquoise

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Description
Locality: 
Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

Dark green crystals and an olive green botyroidal masses of the uncommon phosphate species lipscombite on red druzy jarosite and associated are translucent white rosettes of wavellite and sugary light blue groups of turquoise crystals. The black marble matrix has been sawn to reduce weight

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lipscombite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BB.90
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Sapucaia Mine (Proberil mine), Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Wavellite

Formula: 
Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.50
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White.
Type Locality: 
High Down Quarry, Filleigh, North Devon, Devon, England, UK

Turquoise

Formula: 
Cu(Al,Fe3+)6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Earthstones Australia

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