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Woodhouseite On Quartz

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Woodhouseite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Champion Mine, White Mountains, Mono County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 3.5 × 3.1 cm
Description

Woodhouseite crystals on quartz

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Woodhouseite

Formula: 
CaAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.05
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Champion Mine (White Mountain Mine; Jeffrey Mine; Diaspore; Vulcanus; Black Eagle; Champion Sillimanite Mine; Champion Andalusite Mine; Vulcanite Mine; Vulcanite & Vulcanus No. 156; Black Eagle & Vulcanus Nos. 8 and 9 No. 157), White Mountain Peak, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White