Mineralpedia Details for Whitecapsite
Whitecapsite
IMA approved (IMA 2012-030). Publlished in Mineral News v. 28 N. 9, Sept. 2012 Igor Pekov, Anthony Nikischer, Martin Jensen, Joseph Leising. Occurs as splendid fiery orange to amber colored doubly terminated, hexagonal crystals to 1mm. Whitecapsite forms in late supergene enriched zones with corroded realgar.
- Formula
- H16Fe2+5Fe3+14Sb3+6(AsO4)18O16 120H2O
- Crystal System
- Hexagonal
- Crystal Habit
- prismatic, bipyramidal, hexagonal crystals
- Cleavage
- none observed
- Luster
- vitreous
- Color
- bright orange to golden brownish orange
- Streak
- yellowish
- Hardness
- 2 - 2.5
- Tagged
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Whitecapsite from White Caps mine, Nye Co., Nevada, United States
- Special Info
- Not yet IMA approved, published.
Bright orange hexagonal crystals from 0.3 to 1mm.
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