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Tetrahedrite With Siderite Chrysocolla & Cuproroméite

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Tetrahedrite With Siderite Chrysocolla & Cuproroméite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Hangelberg Mine, Breidenstein, Biedenkopf, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm
Description

Tetrahedrite with a very nice crystal, siderite and a little blueish-green chrysocolla (or pseudomalachite maybe?) and yellowish green cuproroméite from not so well-known classic locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tetrahedrite

Formula: 
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Chrysocolla

Formula: 
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1)
Strunz: 
9.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5

Cuproroméite

Formula: 
Cu2Sb2(O,OH)7
Strunz: 
4.DH.20
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring District (Blind Spring Hill District; Benton District), Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA

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