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Aldridgeite

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Description
Locality: 
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro County, New Mexico, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 0.5 × 1 cm
Description

Blue acicular crystals of the relatively new species aldridgeite, the cadmium analogue of serpierite.   The Kelly mine is the world's third known locality for the species.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aldridgeite

Formula: 
(Cd,Ca)(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Isostructural with: 
Serpierite

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