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Whelanite & Stringhamite

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Whelanite & Stringhamite

Ex coll. Franz Bauer, Munich
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Bawana Mine, Beaver County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.2 × 1 cm
Description

Light blue fibrous whelanite with darker blue stringhamite on matrix. 

Very rich specimen from the Type Locality of both minerals.

 

Ex collection Franz Bauer, Munich - with original label.

Obtained in 1977 from David New

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Whelanite

Formula: 
Cu2+2Ca6[Si6O17(OH)](CO3)(OH)3(H2O)2
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Bawana Mine (Old Hickory mine), Rocky District, Rocky Range, Beaver Co., Utah, USA

Stringhamite

Formula: 
CaCu(SiO4)·H2O
Strunz: 
9.AE.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Bawana Mine (Old Hickory mine), Rocky District, Rocky Range, Beaver Co., Utah, USA

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