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Maricopaite & Mimetite

David Burgess Collection
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Description
Locality: 
Moon Anchor Mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5.3 × 3.5 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large sample with a fracture surface covered in very rich white sprays of rare maricopaite with mimetite from the type and only locality for this unusual zeolite. David Burgess collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Maricopaite

Formula: 
Pb7Ca2(Si,Al)48O100·32H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.35
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
Type Locality: 
Moon Anchor Mine (Aggravation Mine; East Vulture Mining Co. Mine), Hummingbird Spring, Osborn District, Big Horn Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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