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Plancheite

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Plancheite

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Description
Locality: 
Eagle Eye Mine, New Water District, La Paz County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3.8 × 2.6 cm
Description

Nice blue plancheite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Plancheite

Formula: 
Cu8(Si8O22)(OH)4·H2O
Strunz: 
9.DB.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Sanda carriere (Sanda quarry; Sanda Mine), Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)