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Epsomite & Hexahydrite

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Epsomite & Hexahydrite

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Description
Locality: 
Widowmaker Mine, Fry Mesa, White Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2.9 × 1.4 cm
Description

Opaque Co bearing hexahydrite with Co bearing epsomite (transparent pinkish) from the Widowmaker mine, Utah, USA. SCXRD & EDS confirmed no 733.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Epsomite

Formula: 
MgSO4·7H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.40
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Epsom, Surrey, England, UK

Hexahydrite

Formula: 
MgSO4·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bonaparte River, Lillooet Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada