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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: 
1.7 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Description

Auriacusite is a very rare arsenate of iron and copper reported only in four locations in the world.
In this rare sample it is present in several points in thin little needles with straw yellow to golden-yellow color. Very rare and rich sample.

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Mineral Data
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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