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Conichalcite

Dan Behnke collection

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Locality: 
Sante Fe Mine, Luning, Mineral County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.2 × 0.9 cm
Description

ILLUSTRATED!! You are bidding on small sample with rich spheres of conichalcite on limonite matrix. Dan won first place, professional slide competiton at the 1994 Tuscon Gem and Mineral show with his photo of this specimen. The photo was also illustrated in Rocks & Minerals magazine 11-1999, Pg. 376. 

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.

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What's on the rock

Conichalcite

Formula: 
CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Hinojosa del Duque, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain

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