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Fraipontite & Sauconite

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Fraipontite & Sauconite

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Description
Locality: 
Silver Hill Mines, Silver Hill, Pima County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm
Description

Fraipontite and sauconite in matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fraipontite

Formula: 
(Zn,Al)3((Si,Al)2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District (Plombières-Altenberg), Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium

Sauconite

Formula: 
Na0.3Zn3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.EC.45
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Friedensville Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, USA