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Tangdanite Azurite & Chenevixite

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Tangdanite Azurite & Chenevixite

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Description
Locality: 
La Amorosa Mine, Villahermosa del Rio, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.3 × 2.4 cm
Description

Nice sample with several groups of tangdanite associated to azurite nad chenevixite spheroidal aggregates.

Acquired: 
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tangdanite

Formula: 
Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(SO4)0.5(OH)9·9H2O
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Tangdan Mine, Dongchuan Cu ore field, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China

Azurite

Formula: 
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Chessy copper mines, Chessy-les-Mines, Le Bois d'Oingt, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France...

Chenevixite

Formula: 
Cu2Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.DD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK