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Meierite Gillespite & Pellyite

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Meierite Gillespite & Pellyite

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Description
Locality: 
Gun Claim, Wilson Lake, Itsi Mountain, Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm
Description

Blue crystals of the extremely rare new mineral meierite (IMA 2014-039) associated to red gillespite and white pellyite from the type and only known locality worldwide.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Meierite

Formula: 
Ba44Si66Al30O192Cl25(OH)33
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Type Locality: 
Gun Claim, Wilson Lake, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon, Canada

Gillespite

Formula: 
BaFe2+[Si4O10]
Strunz: 
9.EA.05
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Dry Delta, Alaska Range, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, Alaska, USA

Pellyite

Formula: 
Ba2Ca(Fe,Mg)2Si6O17
Strunz: 
9.DO.10
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Gun claim (Gunn claim), Wilson Lake, Itsi Mt., Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada

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