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Ojuelaite Beudantite & Paradamite

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Ojuelaite Beudantite & Paradamite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with small vugs hosting green needles of rare ojuelaite with brown balls of beudantite. Other vugs host small crystals of paradamite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ojuelaite

Formula: 
ZnFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico

Beudantite

Formula: 
PbFe3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Paradamite

Formula: 
Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic Aggregates or rounded crystals
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico

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