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Mineral Information on:
ajoite

Chemical Group:  silicate

Chemical Formula:   (K,Na)Cu₇Al(Si₃O₈)₃(OH)6^.3H₂O

Color:  blue green to light green             Streak:  pale greenish white

Hardness:                 Specific Gravity:  2.96                Fracture:

Luster: dull to vitreous

Cleavage: 1, perfect
 

transparent to translucent

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Habit:  massive or platy

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Toxicity:      when-swallowed-                            when inhaled-
 

Locations: Ajo, Arizona; Wickenberg, Arizona; South Africa

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