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Auriacusite

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Auriacusite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Cerro Minado Mines, Cuesta Alta, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Auriacusite is a very rare arsenate of iron and copper reported only in four locations in the world.
In this rare sample there are, two small areas with straw yellow to golden-yellow color carpet of crystals needles. Good sample.

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What's on the rock

Auriacusite

Formula: 
Fe3+Cu2+(AsO4)O
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Black Pine Mine (Combination Mine; Black Pine tailings; Black Pine dump), Black Pine Ridge, John Long Mts, Philipsburg District (Flint Creek District), Granite Co., Montana, USA

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