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Schieffelinite & Rodalquilarite

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Schieffelinite & Rodalquilarite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Tombstone District, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.7 × 1.3 cm
Description

Outstanding white globular aggregates of the extremely rare tellurium mineral schieffelinite associated to green rodalquilarite from the famous Tombstone district, the type locality for the species.

Don't miss this extreme rarity in an outstanding specimen !

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schieffelinite

Formula: 
Pb8(TeO4)5(SO4)3·8H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.55
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Joe Mine (Joe shaft), Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Rodalquilarite

Formula: 
Fe2(TeO2OH)3(TeO3)Cl
Strunz: 
4.JL.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Filon 340, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain

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