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Aurichalcite On Calcite

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Aurichalcite On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 4 × 3.4 cm
Description

Beautiful acicular sprays of aurichalcite nestle between colourless, transparant rhombs up to 0.5cm on an edge. A good example of the species from a famous mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aurichalcite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Loktevskoye Mine (Loktevskii Mine), Upper Loktevka River, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Peter Crozier Minerals