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Sillénite & Shattuckite

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Sillénite & Shattuckite

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Description
Locality: 
Gloria Mine, Navojoa, Navojoa Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 1.1 × 1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small matrix specimen with abundant shattuckite. In some of the vugs the shattuckite has been pseudomorphed by very rare cream sillenite accompanied by small green crystals of "duhamelite".

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sillénite

Formula: 
Bi12SiO20
Strunz: 
4.CB.70
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Durango, Mexico

Shattuckite

Formula: 
Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DB.40
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Shattuck Mine (Shattuck-Denn Mine; Shattuck-Arizona Mine; Denn Mine), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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