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Chalcomenite & Tyrrellite & Molybdomenite

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Chalcomenite & Tyrrellite & Molybdomenite

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Description
Locality: 
Beaverlodge Region, Saskatchewan, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 1 × 0.5 cm
Description

Chalcomenite and tyrrellite and molybdomenite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Tyrrellite

Formula: 
Cu(Co3+,Ni3+)2Se4
Strunz: 
2.DA.05
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
Bronze
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Eagle Claims U-Cu-Se Occurrence, Eagle shaft area, Melville Lake, Goldfields District, Beaverlodge Region, Saskatchewan, Canada

Molybdomenite

Formula: 
PbSeO3
Strunz: 
4.JF.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cacheuta Mine, Cerro de Cacheuta, Sierra de Cacheuta, Mendoza, Argentina