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Gaspéite & Maucherite

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Description
Locality: 
New Jersey Zinc Exploration Company Mine, Mont-Albert, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

This is a specimen of bright pistachio green gaspéite in association with tiny black spots of maucherite. 

The material comes from the type locality, an exploration trench dug some years ago. 

The identity of the maucherite has been confirmed by EDS.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gaspéite

Formula: 
(Ni,Mg,Fe)CO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
New Jersey Zinc Exploration Co. trench, Mont-Albert, La Haute-Gaspésie RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada

Maucherite

Formula: 
Ni11As8
Strunz: 
2.AB.15
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
dark grey
Type Locality: 
Eisleben, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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