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Dypingite & Artinite

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Dypingite & Artinite

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Description
Locality: 
Artinite Pit, San Benito County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1 × 1.3 cm
Description

Dypingite and artinite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dypingite

Formula: 
Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Dypingdal Serpentine-magnesite deposit, Snarum, Modum, Buskerud, Norway

Artinite

Formula: 
Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Dossi di Franscia (Franscia Mine; Franscia Mines; Franscia Quarries), Campo Franscia (Franscia), Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy