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Alfredopetrovite With Chalcomenite

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Alfredopetrovite With Chalcomenite

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Description
Locality: 
El Dragón Mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 1.1 × 0.9 cm
Weight: 
6.00gr
Description

A boxed matrix specimen features a transparent coating of alfredopetrovite on top of a blue crystalline crust of chalcomenite. Typical paragenesis for both the species and locality. The white areas are possibly felsobanyaite, not confirmed, but known in the paragenesis.

Analysed specimen from the type locality. It comes with the handwritten label of Alfredo Petrov.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Alfredopetrovite

Formula: 
Al2(Se4+O3)3·6H2O
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Type Locality: 
El Dragón Mine, Potosí Department, Bolivia

Chalcomenite

Formula: 
CuSeO3·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.JH.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Cerro de Cacheuta, Sierra de Cacheuta, Mendoza, Argentina

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