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- Sold
- Locality
- Sequoia Pit, Lone Tree mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada, United States
- Formula
- KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
- Size
- 7.5 x 4 x 3 cm - Sm Cabinet
Excellent micro 1-2 amber colored Jarosite crystals. Very nice piece.
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- Jote mine, Pampa Larga dist., Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó, Atacama, Chile
- Formula
- Ca2CuAl[AsO4][AsO3(OH)]2(OH)2(H2O)5
- Size
- 5 x 4 x 1.5 cm - Miniature
- Tagged
- arsenate, copper
- Special Info
- Type & Only Locality
Joteite is a relatively new mineral recently approved by the IMA. The bluish green coatings on matrix are composed of are thin, platy and microscopic crystals of Joteite. It was described by Kampf, A.R., Mills, S.J., Housley, R.M., Rossman, G.R., Nash, B., Dini, M. and Jenkins, R.A. (2013) Joteite, IMA 2012-091. CNMNC Newsletter No. 16, August 2013, page 2697; Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 2695-2709. IMA No. 2012-092.
This is a rich specimen and this is type and only locality. Associated with the Joteite are minute crystals of clear Tapiaite.
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- N'Chwaning III mine, Kalahari Mn fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
- Formula
- Ca3Mn4+(SO4)(CO3)(OH)6ยท12H2O
- Size
- 5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Tagged
- carbonate
Yellow crystalline masses to 1.2cm in seams of snow white Xonotlite.
