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Shortite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Westvaco Mine, Green River Basin, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3 × 1.7 cm
Description

Outstanding yellow big crystals of the rare carbonate mineral shortite from a locality close to the type locality in Wyoming.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Shortite

Formula: 
Na2Ca2(CO3)3
Strunz: 
5.AC.25
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
John Hay Jr. Well No. 1, Green River Formation, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming, USA

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