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Chalcomenite

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Chalcomenite

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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 × 2.3 × 2 cm
Description

Very rich sample hosting striking blue chalcomenite partly intergrown with caledonite. Backscatter electron microscopy is a perfect tool to visualize this intergrowth of the different phases. Minor cerussite present on sample. 

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