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Wherryite & Diaboleite

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Wherryite & Diaboleite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Mammoth - St Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 4.2 × 3 cm
Description

 Green wherryite crystals on blue diaboleite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wherryite

Formula: 
Pb7Cu2(SO4)4(SiO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.BC.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine; Mammoth Mine; St. Anthony Mine), St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Diaboleite

Formula: 
Pb2CuCl2(OH)4
Strunz: 
3.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Blue
Streak: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Higher Pitts Mine, Priddy, Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK