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Queitite Psm Alamosite

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Queitite Psm Alamosite

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Description
Locality: 
Lucky Cuss Mine, Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.6 × 0.3 cm
Description

Queitite psm after alamosite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Queitite

Formula: 
Pb4Zn2(SO4)(SiO4)(Si2O7)
Strunz: 
9.BF.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

Alamosite

Formula: 
Pb12[Si12O36]
Strunz: 
9.DO.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Alamos, Mun de Alamos, Sonora, Mexico