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Rosasite & Calcite

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Rosasite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 3.8 × 2.1 cm
Weight: 
78.00gr
Description

Piece from the "La Ojuela" mine, where we can see beautiful crystals with a velvety luster and vivid color of irradiated rosesite of botroidal or spherical morphology, a mineral not very localized in this deposit, sharing a limonite matrix, with very bright calcite crystals. The piece could have colorless hemimorphite crystals. It is a beautiful specimen from Mapimí.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rosasite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Rosas Mine, Narcao, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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- Multiple purchases will have discount on shippings if it is possible due to the weight of the pieces.

- Colour may vary due to the camera sensor.