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Calcite On Duftite

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Calcite On Duftite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 4.1 × 3.2 cm
Description

One of the oddest calcite I have seen , balded translucent white calcite crystals...... the edges look like the balde from a buzz saw with a row of terminations along the edge like teeth. The calcite has grown on a bed of pale green duftite over red gossan

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Duftite

Formula: 
PbCu(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
Earthstones Australia

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