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 May 2008 Update

NEW MINERAL

Barahonaite-(Al)

(Ca, Cu, Na, Fe3+,Al)12Al2(AsO4)8(OH,Cl)x.nH2O

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This is gallery of the rare and newly described mineral Barahonaite-(Al).  This was an unknown blue mineral from Gold Hill for the past 30 years.  Work to get it described was delayed, started, and delayed again.  Meanwhile, while the work to get it described at Gold Hill was delayed, it was also found at Murcia, Spain.  The work to get it described was not delayed at the Spanish location and so it became the type location instead of Gold Hill.  The Delores Prospect, Murcia, Spain and Gold Hill, Tooele County, Utah are the only known locations.  A few months prior to Gold Hill being permanently closed and sealed with heavy iron jail like bars,  an area in the mine bearing the rare mineral was located and several flats were collected.  Otherwise only a handful of specimens would ever have been available from Gold Hill.  Still with the location being permanently closed to any further collecting,  quantities are extremely limited compared to most mineral locations.

The formula is  (Ca, Cu, Na, Fe3+,Al)12Al2(AsO4)8(OH,Cl)x.nH2O  Specimens consist of light blue spheres of monoclinic microcrystals.                                               May 2008 

 


ALL SPECIMENS $30 on this page

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BARAHONAITE-(Al) - $30
80' level, Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District
 (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mtns, Tooele County, Utah
3 cm +.5 -.5 

 

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