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Namuwite & Orthoserpierite

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Namuwite & Orthoserpierite

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Description
Locality: 
Hidden Treasure Mine, Ophir, Tooele County, Utah, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm
Description

A very good coverage of clusters of green tabular namuwite crystals and sprays of bright blue acicular orthoserpierite crystals on matrix.
Beautiful under magnification.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Namuwite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.50
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Colour: 
Sea green
Type Locality: 
Aberllyn Mine, Betws-y-coed, Gwydyr Forest area, Conwy (Gwynedd; Caernarvonshire), Wales, UK

Orthoserpierite

Formula: 
Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.30
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Chessy copper mines, Chessy-les-Mines, Le Bois d'Oingt, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France...
Cartils Minerals

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