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Ransomite & Magnesiocopiapite

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Ransomite & Magnesiocopiapite

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Description
Locality: 
United Verde Copper Mine, Jerome, Yavapai County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.2 × 0.15 × 0.15 cm
Description

One specimen of pale blue crystals of the very rare mineral ransomite associated to yellow-orange magnesiocopiapite crystals from the type locality for ransomite and only one of three known localities worldwide.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
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Ransomite

Formula: 
CuFe2(SO4)4·6H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.80
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
United Verde Mine (The Big Hole; Big Hole property; Hull Mine; Hopewell tunnel; Patented claim 3480; Patented claim 2812; Patented claims 3348), Jerome, Verde District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Magnesiocopiapite

Formula: 
MgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O
Strunz: 
7.DB.35
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Blythe, Riverside Co., California, USA

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