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Nakauriite & Callaghanite

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Nakauriite & Callaghanite

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Description
Locality: 
Sierra Magnesite Mine, Gabbs, Nye County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1 × 0.5 cm
Description

Fine specimen with fine crystallized blue nakauriite in association with some well-formed deep blue callaghanite crystals (type locality for callaghanite).

Nakauriite is only known from a few localities worldwide.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nakauriite

Formula: 
Cu8(SO4)4(CO3)(OH)6·48H2O
Strunz: 
7.DG.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Nakauri mine, Shinshiro city, Aichi prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Callaghanite

Formula: 
Cu2Mg2(CO3)(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Sierra Magnesite Mine (Premier Chemicals Mine; Gabbs Magnesite-Brucite Mine; Basic Refractories Mine; Basic Mine), Gabbs, Gabbs District, Paradise Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

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