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Arhbarite On Luzonite

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Arhbarite On Luzonite

ex coll. Dr. Joan Vinals, Barcelona
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Description
Locality: 
El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco, Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Blue cristalline masses and nice balls of arhbarite crystals on a massive luzonite/enargite ore.

ex Dr. Joan Vinals, Barcelona-comes with a -copy - of his handwritten label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arhbarite

Formula: 
Cu2Mg(AsO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Aghbar, Bou Azer District (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

Luzonite

Formula: 
Cu3AsS4
Strunz: 
2.KA.10
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Black.
Type Locality: 
Lepanto Mine, Mancayan mineral district (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines

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