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Artinite

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Description
Locality: 
Clear Creek Canyon, Goat Mountain, New Idria, San Benito County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm
Description

Very nice specimen with radiating aggregates of white, acicular artinite crystals on a blueish crust on serpentinite matrix. The 'artinite pit' produced the best specimen worldwide. Contact zones on the large artinite area in the right of the full view picture.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Artinite

Formula: 
Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Dossi di Franscia (Franscia Mine; Franscia Mines; Franscia Quarries), Campo Franscia (Franscia), Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

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