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Chalcomenite

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Chalcomenite

Classic Locality

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Locality: 
Baccu Locci Mine, Villaputzu, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1 × 1.5 cm
Description

Nice blue sharp crystals of chalcomenite from Baccu Locci, a classic locality for rare selenium minerals. Unusual find sharp crystals upright in the locality, more easy flattened on the matrix. Very good specimen.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcomenite

Formula: 
CuSeO3·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.JH.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Cerro de Cacheuta, Sierra de Cacheuta, Mendoza, Argentina

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