They appear to be uncommon, and the three known examples all came from one area of the dumps. However, the dumps have not been well sampled, and they may occur in other areas as well. This mineral appears to be uncommon in the dumps. One specimen shows a surface of dark reddish brown sphalerite with a few complete crystals. Unknown 1 Tiny, delicate acicular sprays.
Color varies from white to turquoise to powder blue.
It is quite uncommon, however it can be very difficult to distinguish from the light colored matrix, which is why it may have been overlooked. Visual ID would suggest aurichalcite or rosasite. Also the possibility that these sprays represent more than one mineral. Unknown 2 Stubby colorless hexagonal prisms. A likely guess would be apatite.