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Diaboleite Wherryite & Boleite

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Diaboleite Wherryite & Boleite

Kay Robertson collection
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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: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.9 × 3.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large, heavy specimen of nearly solid diaboleite from renowned Tiger collector Kay Roberston's collection. The specimen has numerous crystals of diaboleite in many small vugs with rough cubes of boleite and green wherryite. There are probably some high quality micros possible with trimming of this piece, and possibly other rare species. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Diaboleite

Formula: 
Pb2CuCl2(OH)4
Strunz: 
3.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Blue
Streak: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Higher Pitts Mine, Priddy, Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK

Wherryite

Formula: 
Pb7Cu2(SO4)4(SiO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.BC.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
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

Boleite

Formula: 
KPb26Ag9Cu24(OH)48Cl62
Strunz: 
3.DB.15
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico

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