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Luddenite & Alamosite

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Luddenite & Alamosite

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Description
Locality: 
Rawhide Mine, Rawhide Wash, Mohave County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.6 × 2.1 cm
Description

Luddenite and alamosite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Luddenite

Formula: 
Cu2Pb2Si5O14·4H2O
Strunz: 
9.HH.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Unnamed prospect, Artillery Peak, Artillery Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Alamosite

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