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Phengite Var Mariposite With Gold

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Phengite Var Mariposite With Gold

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Description
Locality: 
Mayer, Agua Fria, Yavapai County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.5 × 2.1 cm
Description

Green mariposite (type locality) with little spots of native gold on quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phengite

Variety Of: 

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Hardness: 
0.0

Mariposite

Variety Of: 

Phengite

Hardness: 
0.0
Formula: 
K(Al,Cr)2(Al,Si)4O10(OH)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Mariposa Co., California, USA

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

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