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Ajoite & Papagoite & Piemontite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Messina Mine, Musina, Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5.5 × 4 cm
Description

Quartz crystal group showing phantoms of ajoite clouds, as well as reddish hematite coating and inclusions of black copper crystals, ajoite balls and clouds of ajoite of typical blue color and dark blue rings and streaks of papagoite. Groups of yellow-red, transparent piemontite crystals can be found on multiple parts on the quartz. The quartz base has healed and recrystallized.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ajoite

Formula: 
(K,Na)Cu7AlSi9O24(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.70
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Arizona, United States of America

Papagoite

Formula: 
CaCu[H3AlSi2O9]
Strunz: 
9.CE.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
New Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), Ajo, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Piemontite

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Mn3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
Reddish
Type Locality: 
Prabornaz Mine (Praborna Mine), Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy

Quartz

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