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Mcguinnessite

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Mcguinnessite

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Description
Locality: 
Gabbs, Nye County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.3 × 2 cm
Description

Light blue mcguinnessite with magnesite and hydromagnesite and brucite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mcguinnessite

Formula: 
(Mg,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Copper King Mine, Red Mountain, Red Mountain District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Mendocino Co., California, USA