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Diaboleite

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Description
Locality: 
Mammoth - St Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Outstanding specimen of sharp diaboleite crystals on matrix from the famous Mammoth mine.

This specimen has four old labels as seen in the photos. Specially valuous is the very old Schortmann's label. On the back of this label we can read that the specimen has unknown "tiny prismatic sprays of colorless crystals" (see "labels section" for the back of this label).

Don't miss the opportunity to get this historical piece !.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Diaboleite

Formula: 
Pb2CuCl2(OH)4
Strunz: 
3.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Blue
Streak: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Higher Pitts Mine, Priddy, Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK
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