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Agardite-(Y) & Zircon

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Agardite-(Y) & Zircon

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Description
Locality: 
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3.5 × 1.6 cm
Description

yellow tufts of agardite-Y on yellow prisms of zircon ; this agardite is visually identificated but could be other,,also a new mineral ; there is also a carpet of apple green tufts on another unidentificated mineral

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Agardite-(Y)

Formula: 
YCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Bou Skour Mine, Bou Skour District, Djebel Saghro (Jbel Saghro), Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

Zircon

Formula: 
ZrSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White