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Rosasite With Plattnerite & Aurichalcite

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Rosasite With Plattnerite & Aurichalcite

Former collection Lehmann (CH)
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.9 × 4.9 × 2.8 cm
Weight: 
49.00gr
Description

Rich specimen of gossan matrix featuring dozens of rosasite spheres associated to textbook aurichalcite sprays. Some white to colorless calcite crystals are present throughout the specimens. In two vugs, small black plattnerite sprays nicely contrast with the surrounding minerals (best visible at 10x magnification).

A very good and rich specimen from this classic paragenesis. From the former collection Lehmann (CH).

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rosasite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Rosas Mine, Narcao, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Plattnerite

Formula: 
PbO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK

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

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