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Chaidamuite & Zincocopiapite

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Chaidamuite & Zincocopiapite

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Description
Locality: 
Xitieshan Mine, Da Qaidam County, Qinghai, Qinghai (Chinghai) Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with some orange-brown grains and crystals of rare chaidamuite with yellow plates of rare zincocopiapite from the type locality for chaidamuite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chaidamuite

Formula: 
ZnFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·4H2O
Strunz: 
7.DC.30
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Xitieshan Mine, Xitieshan, Da Qaidam Co. (Dachaidan Co.), Haixi Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China

Zincocopiapite

Formula: 
ZnFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·18H2O
Strunz: 
7.DB.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Xitieshan Mine, Xitieshan, Da Qaidam Co. (Dachaidan Co.), Haixi Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China

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