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Alpersite

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Description
Locality: 
Big Mike Mine, Pershing County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

A mass of pale blue to whitish alpersite, free of matrix.   Alpersite is a relatively new (2003) sulfate of magnesium and copper.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Alpersite

Formula: 
(Mg,Cu)[SO4]·7H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.35
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Big Mike Mine, Tobin and Sonoma Range District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

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