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Laurelite & Aravaipaite

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Laurelite & Aravaipaite

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Description
Locality: 
Grand Reef Mine, Aravaipa District, Graham County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a mounted sample with three small samples hosting plates of aravaipaite and fibrous needles of laurelite. There are also several tiny sharp crystals on the quartz that may be grandreefite but this has not been confirmed. Worth the analysis! 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Laurelite

Formula: 
Pb7F12Cl2
Strunz: 
3.DC.20
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Grand Reef Mine (Aravaipa Mine; Lead Jewel; Joe Rubal Mine; Vivian Mine; Calistoga Mining & Development Co. Mine; Bringham Silver and Lead Mine), Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA

Aravaipaite

Formula: 
Pb3F3[AlF6]·H2O
Strunz: 
3.DC.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Grand Reef Mine (Aravaipa Mine; Lead Jewel; Joe Rubal Mine; Vivian Mine; Calistoga Mining & Development Co. Mine; Bringham Silver and Lead Mine), Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA

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