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Murdochite

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Description
Locality: 
Blanchard Claims, Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

Beautiful black murdochite cubes on the tips of quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Murdochite

Formula: 
PbCu6O8-x(Cl,Br)2x where x<=0.5
Strunz: 
3.DB.45
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Black
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