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Vanadinite & Mottramite

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Vanadinite & Mottramite

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Description
Locality: 
Ford Mine, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.8 × 1 cm
Description

Yellow-brown hexagonal vanadinite crystals with dark green mottramite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vanadinite

Formula: 
Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Zimapán, Mun. de Zimapán, Hidalgo, Mexico

Mottramite

Formula: 
PbCu(VO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, England, UK