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Hoganite & Paceite

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Hoganite & Paceite

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Description
Locality: 
Holbrook Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.2 × 1.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with fantastic crystals of hoganite on matrix with supposed paceite as lighter colored crystals. This is recent material that has come to light that was collected in the 1970s. More information on request!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hoganite

Formula: 
Cu(CH3COO)2·H2O
Strunz: 
10.AA.35
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
pale blue
Type Locality: 
Perilya Potosi Mine (Potosi Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

Paceite

Formula: 
CaCu(CH3COO)4·6H2O
Strunz: 
10.AA.30
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Dark Blue
Streak: 
pale blue
Type Locality: 
Perilya Potosi Mine (Potosi Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

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