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Ferribushmakinite & Zinclipscombite

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Ferribushmakinite & Zinclipscombite

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Description
Locality: 
Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm
Description

Yellow crystals of the extremely rare new mineral ferribushmakinite (IMA 2014-055) associated to pale green crystals of the also very rare mineral zinclipscombite (IMA 2006-008) on a matrix of quartz.

Both minerals, ferribushmakinite and zinclipscombite are minerals found in only one locality worldwide, that is of course the type locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zinclipscombite

Formula: 
ZnFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BB.90
Hardness: 
5.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

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