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Papagoite & Copper In Quartz

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Papagoite & Copper In Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Messina Mine, Musina, Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm
Description

Amazing, highly sought after quartz specimen from the Messina Mine (South Africa). It has inclusions of dark blue masses of papagoite and native copper dendrites. It has also other multiple inclusions of red goethite and white undetermined masses. The quartz is doubly-ended with minor chipping at the lower end.

Ex. Claude Hootelé specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Papagoite

Formula: 
CaCu[H3AlSi2O9]
Strunz: 
9.CE.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
New Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), Ajo, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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