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Duhamelite & Shattuckite

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Duhamelite & Shattuckite

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Description
Locality: 
Munigvasa Mine, Álamos, Álamos Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 3.5 × 3.2 cm
Description

Very rich sample of two very rare minerals on one piece - from an formerly unknown locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Duhamelite

Variety Of: 

Mottramite

Formula: 
PbCu(VO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Formula: 
(Pb,Bi,Ca)Cu(VO4)(OH,O)
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0

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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