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Hemimorphite & Linarite

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Hemimorphite & Linarite

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Description
Locality: 
Tonopah-Belmont Mine, Tonopah, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm
Description

Hemimorphite and Linarite pseudomorph after Cerussite(?) from Tonopah - Belmont Ag-Au-Pb-Cu Mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

Linarite

Formula: 
PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.BC.65
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Linares, Linares-La Carolina District, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain