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Aurichalcite Hemimorphite & Mottramite

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Aurichalcite Hemimorphite & Mottramite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Mixed Specimens
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.1 × 2.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Weight: 
53.00gr
Description

Spectacular piece from the "La Ojuela" mine, where a group of auricalcite crystals of fibrous morphology or precious cyan color can be seen on one side of the sample, which has an earthy goethite matrix, and on the other side we see a series of crystallizations of very bright and beautiful crystals of hemimorphite and what appears to be a mottramite. A great sample of Mapimí.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aurichalcite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Loktevskoye Mine (Loktevskii Mine), Upper Loktevka River, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

Mottramite

Formula: 
PbCu(VO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, England, UK

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