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Shattuckite

Ex Philadelphia Academy collection a.o.
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Description
Locality: 
Shattuck Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2 × 1.1 cm
Description

Nice sample of dark blue shattuckite with a not yet identified, dark brown, radiating mineral, most probably tenorite.
Ex Philadelphia Academy, Vaux collection and U.S. National Museum (says the label).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Shattuckite

Formula: 
Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DB.40
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Shattuck Mine (Shattuck-Denn Mine; Shattuck-Arizona Mine; Denn Mine), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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