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Artinite

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Locality: 
Artinite Pit, San Benito County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm
Description

An excellent and beautiful example of artinite from the Clear Creek area in San Benito County, California.
The specimen has a rich coverage of balls of radiating artinite crystals up to 1.3 cm on typical matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Artinite

Formula: 
Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Dossi di Franscia (Franscia Mine; Franscia Mines; Franscia Quarries), Campo Franscia (Franscia), Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
Cartils Minerals

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