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Cacoxenite from
Slate Mountain Mine, Slate Mountain, Slate Mountain District, Slate Mountains, El Dorado County, California, USA


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Cacoxenite

Slate Mountain Mine, Slate Mountain, Slate Mountain District, Slate Mountains, El Dorado County, California, USA
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Cacoxenite

Slate Mountain Mine, Slate Mountain, Slate Mountain District, Slate Mountains, El Dorado County, California, USA
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Cacoxenite

Slate Mountain Mine, Slate Mountain, Slate Mountain District, Slate Mountains, El Dorado County, California, USA
01106790017271979615655.jpg
Cacoxenite

Slate Mountain Mine, Slate Mountain, Slate Mountain District, Slate Mountains, El Dorado County, California, USA
01520380017363552956534.jpg
Cacoxenite

Slate Mountain Mine, Slate Mountain, Slate Mountain District, Slate Mountains, El Dorado County, California, USA
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Cacoxenite

Slate Mountain Mine, Slate Mountain, Slate Mountain District, Slate Mountains, El Dorado County, California, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cacoxenite
Formula:Fe243+AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O
Comments:Occurs as micro-balls and radiating spheres perched on wavellite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Crandallite
Quartz
Rutile
Variscite
Wavellite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cacoxenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Slate Mountain Mine, Slate Mountain, Slate Mountain District, Slate Mountains, El Dorado County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:135759
Long-form Identifier:1:3:135759:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
www.mineralsocal.org (1999) https://www.mineralsocal.org
 
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