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Agardite-(Y) & Clinozoisite

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Agardite-(Y) & Clinozoisite

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Description
Locality: 
Peña Mojada Quarry, Valdemanco, Madrid, Spain
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.4 × 1 cm
Description

A specimen of dark green agardite-Y needles associated with needles of clinozoisite, plus tiny quartz needles of slightly smoky colour. Muscovite is also present.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Agardite-(Y)

Formula: 
YCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Bou Skour Mine, Bou Skour District, Djebel Saghro (Jbel Saghro), Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

Clinozoisite

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05a
Hardness: 
7.0
Type Locality: 
Gösleswand (Goslerwand), Prägraten, Virgen Valley, East Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
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