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Turquoise & Perhamite

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Turquoise & Perhamite

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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: 
2.5 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Pale-blue crystals aggregates of turquoise with few, white perhamite and  baryte. Good sample.

Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Turquoise

Formula: 
Cu(Al,Fe3+)6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Perhamite

Formula: 
Ca3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)14.1·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DO.20
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

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