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Silhydrite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Rome, Malheur County, Oregon, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm
Description

White crystal group of the very rare mineral sylhydrite from Oregon, USA.

Sylhydrite is a mineral with a composition similar to quartz but thousands of times rarer than quartz!

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Silhydrite

Formula: 
3SiO2·H2O
Strunz: 
4.FM.30
Hardness: 
1.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Trinite Mining claim, Wildcat Peak, Halls Gulch District, Trinity Mts, Klamath Mts, Trinity Co., California, USA

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