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Nissonite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Llanada Copper Mine, Panoche, San Benito County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

Yellowish crystals of the very rare copper magnesium mineral nissonite from the type locality and only one of the four localities known worldwide. 

Even though the color is not usual for this mineral species, the specimen has been analyzed to confirm the identification, see copy attached.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nissonite

Formula: 
Cu2Mg2(PO4)2(OH)2·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Llanada Copper Mine, Llanada, Panoche Valley, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA

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