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Aragonite Psm Glauberite

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Aragonite Psm Glauberite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 4.1 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.80cm
Description

Floater group of interpenetrated glauberite crystals completely replaced by microcrystalline calcite and acicular aragonite. Calcite replacement from Camp Verde are well known and abundant, but replacement in aragonite are very scarce. Free of damages, it is fluorescent under UV illumination.

Acquired in 1989. Ex Marc Vanacker stock.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aragonite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Gallo river, Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Glauberite

Formula: 
Na2Ca(SO4)2
Strunz: 
7.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
El Castellar Mine, Villarrubia de Santiago, Ocaña, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

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