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Luetheite

Dan Behnke collection
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Description
Locality: 
Patagonia District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with very nice clusters of rare luetheite crystals in matrix cavitites from the type locality. Comes with one original slide taken by Dan and the original collection index card. 

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

Luetheite

Formula: 
Cu2Al2(AsO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.DD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

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