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Choloalite & Keystoneite

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Choloalite & Keystoneite

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Description
Locality: 
McAlpine Mine, Peñon Blanco Peak, Tuolomne County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm
Description

Green choloalite with minor hessite impregnated quartz. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Choloalite

Formula: 
(Cu,Sb)3(Pb,Ca)3(TeO3)6Cl
Strunz: 
4.JK.45
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Keystoneite

Formula: 
(Ni,Mg,Fe,Mn)3Te3O9·5H2O
Strunz: 
4.JM.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Keystone Mine, Magnolia District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA