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Maxwellite

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Description
Locality: 
Squaw Creek Mine, Taylor Creek, Catron County, New Mexico, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.7 × 1.9 cm
Description

Red crystals of maxwellite on a white matrix.   Maxwellite is a rare arsenate only known from 4 localities in southern New Mexico.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Maxwellite

Formula: 
NaFe3+(AsO4)F
Strunz: 
8.BH.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Squaw Creek Mine, Taylor Creek Tin District (Black Range Tin District), Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA

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