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Desautelsite

Rare Mineral

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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 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm
Description

Orange veinlet of the rare manganese magnesium carbonate mineral desautelsite from one of the very few localities known worldwide.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Desautelsite

Formula: 
Mg6Mn3+2(OH)16[CO3]·4H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.50
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Cedar Hill Quarry (Stoltzfuss Quarry), Fulton Township, State Line Chromite District, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA

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