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Nissonite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Panoche Pass, San Benito County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm
Description

Green crystals of the rare Cu-Mg phosphate mineral nissonite from California. Very rich specimen with good contrast with the matrix.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nissonite

Formula: 
Cu2Mg2(PO4)2(OH)2·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Llanada Copper Mine, Llanada, Panoche Valley, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA

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