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Verplanckite

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Verplanckite

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Description
Locality: 
Big Creek, Fresno County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

orange verplanckite on matrix from the type locality, here with pyrrotyte and sanbornite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Verplanckite

Formula: 
Ba2(Mn,Fe,Ti)Si2O6(O,OH,Cl,F)2·3H2O or near
Strunz: 
9.CE.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA