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Nevadaite

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Description
Locality: 
Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek, Eureka County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

Spherical groupings formed by sky blue acicular crystals of the very rare Cu-Al-V phosphate mineral nevadaite, known from only two localities worldwide, being this one from the type locality.

Mineral Data
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Nevadaite

Formula: 
(Cu2+,Al,V3+)6Al8(PO4)8F8(OH)2·22H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.60
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Gold Quarry Mine (Maggie claims; Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology Sample Site No. 1560; Deep West Ore Body), Maggie Creek Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

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