Artinite pit, Picacho Peak, San Benito County, California
Miniature - 5.9 x 5.0 x 2.6 cm
35 grams
Specimen status: Reserved
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Abundant, flattened and radiating
artinite clusters associated with a patch of brown,
microcrystalline desaultelsite. Desautelsite is a globally
rare magnesium manganese hydroxide carbonate - Mg6 Mn 3+ 2 (OH) 16 (CO 3 )ยท4H 2 O
for which Mindat lists just
nine recorded localities.
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