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Vladimirite & Picropharmacolite

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Vladimirite & Picropharmacolite

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Description
Locality: 
White Caps Mine, Manhattan, Nye County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 3.2 × 3.5 cm
Description

Nice vladimirite crystals and picropharmacolite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vladimirite

Formula: 
Ca4(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.CJ.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Khovu-Aksy Ni-Co deposit, Tuva Republic, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Picropharmacolite

Formula: 
Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.CH.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Needles and encrustations
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ore dumps, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süss, Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany