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Vuagnatite & Mcguinnessite

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Vuagnatite & Mcguinnessite

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Description
Locality: 
Copper King Mine, Red Mountain, Mendocino County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Colorless crystals of the rare Ca-Al silicate mineral vuagnatite associated to green and also sky blue mcguinnessite balls.

Very nice under the microscope !

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vuagnatite

Formula: 
CaAl(SiO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
9.AG.60
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Bögürtlencik Tepe, Doganbaba, Taurus Mts, Burdur Province, Mediterranean Region, Turkey

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

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