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Duftite & Chrysocolla

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Duftite & Chrysocolla

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Description
Locality: 
Las Minicas Mine, Benahadux, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 3 × 1.9 cm
Weight: 
21.00gr
Description

Excellent specimen of duftite and chrysocolla on matrix with minor hemimorphite and rosasite from this new find.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Duftite

Formula: 
PbCu(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

Chrysocolla

Formula: 
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1)
Strunz: 
9.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5

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