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Creaseyite

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Creaseyite

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Description
Locality: 
Atacama Desert, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1 × 3 × 2.1 cm
Description

apple green needle crystals of 1 mm intergrown to radial acicular balls, with orange Mimetite, very rich on vugs in Andesite. This are the first find of the rare Cu-Pb-Silicate in South America

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What's on the rock

Creaseyite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu2Fe3+2(Si4.67Al0.33)O15.33(OH)3·H2O
Strunz: 
9.HH.15
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