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Boleite On Gypsum & Anglesite

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Boleite On Gypsum & Anglesite

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Description
Locality: 
Amelia Mine, Boleo, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.2 × 1.7 cm
Description

Deep indigo-blue boleite cubes  aesthetically scattered on contrasting gypsum matrix with white anglesite crystals, from the famous Amelia Mine at Santa Rosalia, Mexico. This is classic, oldtime material from the 1970's on gypsum matrix, not on the usual stabilized clay

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Boleite

Formula: 
KPb26Ag9Cu24(OH)48Cl62
Strunz: 
3.DB.15
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.

Anglesite

Formula: 
PbSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Parys Mountain Copper Mine, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom
Earthstones Australia

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