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Parnauite

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Parnauite

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Description
Locality: 
Grand View Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm
Description

A perfect acicular spray of blue parnauite in a tiny vug that keeps it well protected.   Very rare material from the Grandview Mine.   Almost every example I've seen came from this "small find"-- probably trimmed from a singular larger specimen.

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What's on the rock

Parnauite

Formula: 
Cu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.DF.35
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Majuba Hill Mine (Majuba Mine; Mylar Mine; Tin Mine; Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology sample sites 2844 & 2846), Antelope District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

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