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Luetheite

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Description
Locality: 
Patagonia District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Luetheite is very rare in visible crystals. This specimen has some of them as it can be seen in the photos.

The mineral itself, that is a copper, aluminium arsenate, is very rare and only found in three localities worldwide.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Luetheite

Formula: 
Cu2Al2(AsO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.DD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

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