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Krásnoite & Perhamite & Chlorargyrite & Zinclipscombite

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Krásnoite & Perhamite & Chlorargyrite & Zinclipscombite

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Description
Locality: 
Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 1.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

A nice specimen of pearly-white Krasnoite with green Zinclipscombite, white Perhamite, and intermixed with Chlorargyrite and possibly minor tan Leucophosphite. 

This is the type locality for Krasnoite and Zinclipscombite

 

This specimen is from the collection of Jerry Baird (who had Bairdite named after him).  It will come with his perky box and original label

  

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Krásnoite

Formula: 
Ca3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)12.1F2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DO.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Huber stock (Huber shaft; Hub stock), Krásno (Schönfeld), Horní Slavkov (Schlaggenwald), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Perhamite

Formula: 
Ca3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)14.1·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.DO.20
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Chlorargyrite

Formula: 
AgCl
Strunz: 
3.AA.15
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Marienberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Zinclipscombite

Formula: 
ZnFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BB.90
Hardness: 
5.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

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