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Pseudoboleite & Boleite

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Description
Locality: 
Amelia Mine, Boleo, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.3 × 0.2 cm
Description

Perfect crystal of pseudoboleite on boleite (pseudoboleite as tabular crystals grown on the six cubic faces of boleite), from the type locality for both species in El Boleo, Baja California.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pseudoboleite

Formula: 
Pb31Cu24Cl62(OH)48
Strunz: 
3.DB.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico

Boleite

Formula: 
KPb26Ag9Cu24(OH)48Cl62
Strunz: 
3.DB.15
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico

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