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Krausite from
Sulphur Hole (Sulfur Hole; Sulphur pit), Mule Canyon, Yermo, Calico District (Daggett District), Calico Mts (Calico Hills), San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Description
Type Locality:	Sulphur Hole (Sulfur Hole; Sulphur pit), Mule Canyon, Yermo, Calico District (Daggett District), Calico Mts (Calico Hills), San Bernardino Co., California, USA is the type locality for Krausite
Comments:	Occurs as grains and crystals associated with other sulphates.
Colour:	Yellow
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Foshag, William Frederick (1931c), Krausite, a new sulphate from California: American Mineralogist: 16: 352-360; Moller, W.P. (1963) Sulfur Hole. Mineralogist: 31, part 1, N. 3: 14-15; part 2, No. 4: 12, 13; Graeber, E.J. and Rosenzweig, A. (1965) The unit cell of krausite. American Mineralogist: 50: 504-507; Graeber, E.J., Morosin, B., and Rosenzweig, A. (1965) The crystal structure of krausite, KFe(SO4)2 •H2O. American Mineralogist: 50: 1929-1936; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 265, 273, 278; Joseph F. Cooper, Jr., Gail E. Dunning, Ted A. Hadley, and William P. Moller (2001) The Sulfur Hole, Calico District, San Bernardino County, California
Associated minerals:
Associates:	Copiapite Coquimbite Fibroferrite Voltaite
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Krausite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Sulphur Hole (Sulfur Hole; Sulphur pit), Mule Canyon, Yermo, Calico District (Daggett District), Calico Mts (Calico Hills), San Bernardino Co., California, USA

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