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Aurichalcite & Calcite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Omega Mine, Monument Mountain, Pima County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.2 × 2 cm
Description

A colourful, old-time combination plate from this obscure small Arizona locale, that produced ore from 1877-1920.

Gorgeous, turquoise-blue aurichalcite botryoids are richly covered by glassy, flattened calcite rhombs.

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
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