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Nevadaite & Hewettite

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Nevadaite & Hewettite

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Description
Locality: 
Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek, Eureka County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.7 × 0.9 cm
Description

Blue botryoids of nevadaite on matrix, with a bit of associated hewettite.   Nevadaite is a rare copper, aluminum, and vanadium bearing phosphate known from just two localities.  

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nevadaite

Formula: 
(Cu2+,Al,V3+)6Al8(PO4)8F8(OH)2·22H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.60
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Gold Quarry Mine (Maggie claims; Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology Sample Site No. 1560; Deep West Ore Body), Maggie Creek Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

Hewettite

Formula: 
CaV6O16·9H2O
Strunz: 
4.HE.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru

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