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Chalcomenite

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Chalcomenite

EDS analysed

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Description
Locality: 
Baccu Locci Mine, Villaputzu, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm
Description

Intense blue chalcomenite on matrix. Attractive specimen, which was analysed. Sometimes caledonite is intergrown in the crystals, yielding a much brighter signal at backscattered detection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcomenite

Formula: 
CuSeO3·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.JH.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Cerro de Cacheuta, Sierra de Cacheuta, Mendoza, Argentina
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Chalcomenite