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Surite

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Description
Locality: 
Mammoth - St Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1.8 cm
Description

A very good example of the rare complex silicate surite with a rich coverage of pearly white bladed crystals in spherical clusters on the matrix.
Very fine under magnification.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Surite

Formula: 
(Pb,Ca)3(Al,Fe2+,Mg)2((Si,Al)4O10)(CO3)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.75
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cruz del Sur Mine, Río Negro, Argentina
Cartils Minerals

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