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Monetite On Newberyite

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Monetite On Newberyite

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Description
Locality: 
Mono Lake, Mono County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 1.1 × 0.4 cm
Description

Monetite on newberyite psm after struvite from the Mono Lake, California, USA. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Monetite

Formula: 
Ca(HPO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.10
Crystal System: 
Triclinic Massive aggregates
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Monito Island (Moneta Island; Muna Muna Island), Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Newberyite

Formula: 
Mg(HPO4)·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Prismatic crystals
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Skipton Caves (Skipton lava caves; Mt Widderin Caves), Mt. Widderin (Anderson's Hill), Skipton, Corangamite Shire, Victoria, Australia...