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Durangite

Dan Behnke collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm
Description

ILLUSTRATED! You are bidding on a rich sample with exceptional crystals of durangite covering a matrix of cassiterite and hematite. Purchased by Dan in Tuscon in 1987. Photo number two was illustrated in the second volume of Photo Atlas of Minerals (2007). Comes with Dan's four original slides and index card with all information. 

This sample is from the collection of Dan Behnke, long-time friend, micromounter and prodigious photographer. I am pleased to be able to offer selections from his large collection, many of which are illustrated specimens in Rocks & Minerals, The Mineralogiocal Record, Photo Atlas of Minerals and many other publications. All samples from his meticulously catalogued collection will come with his original index card with all notes, photography annotations and other pertinent information, as well as any slides Dan may have taken of the sample with publication notes and date the photo was made.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Durangite

Formula: 
NaAl(AsO4)F
Strunz: 
8.BH.10
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Barranca Mine, Coneto de Comonfort, Mun. de Coneto de Comonfort, Durango, Mexico

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