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Macquartite Dioptase & Wulfenite

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Macquartite Dioptase & Wulfenite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Mammoth - St Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.5 × 0.7 cm
Description

yellow-orange prismatic crystals of rare macquartite embedded in quartz matrix. Accompanied by dioptase and wulfenite. Classic assemblage. Former Marcus Origlieri < former Ralph E. Merill < former Sid Williams Collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Macquartite

Formula: 
Cu2Pb7(CrO4)4(SiO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.HH.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine; Mammoth Mine; St. Anthony Mine), St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Dioptase

Formula: 
CuSiO3·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CJ.30
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Altyn-Tyube dioptase deposit (Altyn-Tube), Altyn-Tyube area, Kirghiz Steppes (Asiatic Steppes), Karagandy Province (Qaragandy Oblysy; Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

Wulfenite

Formula: 
Pb(MoO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria

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