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Legrandite & Paradamite

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Legrandite & Paradamite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

An excellent specimen from the Ojuela Mine with a rich coverage of well-formed highly lustrous yellow prismatic legrandite crystals up to 8 mm associated with small pale yellow clusters of paradamite crystals and small white smithsonite crystals on a limonite matrix.
Type Locality for paradamite.
A beautiful piece.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Legrandite

Formula: 
Zn2(AsO4)(OH)·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Flor de Peña Mine, Lampazos de Naranjo (Lampazos), Mun. de Lampazos de Naranjo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

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
Cartils Minerals

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