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Zapatalite & Kipushite

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Zapatalite & Kipushite

Martin Jensen collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Snowstorm Mine, Lander County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.3 × 1.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a beautfiul sample with abundant, pale blue clusters of botryoidal zapatalite on scholzite crystals with nice small clusters of kipushite from the Snowstorm Mine. Collected by Martin in 2011. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zapatalite

Formula: 
Cu3Al4(PO4)3(OH)9·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DE.20
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
1.5
Streak: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Unnamed prospect, Cerro Morita, Sonora, Mexico

Kipushite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)5Zn(PO4)2(OH)6·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.35
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Kipushi Mine (Prince Léopold Mine), Kipushi, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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