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Arsenic Vanadinite

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Arsenic Vanadinite

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Description
Locality: 
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 3.3 × 2.2 cm
Weight: 
29.00gr
Description

Spectacular specimen of arseniatan vanadinite in acicular brown crystals on matrix, this piece is very old and is really a classic of Mexican mineralogy.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenic

Formula: 
As
Strunz: 
1.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Grey

Vanadinite

Formula: 
Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Zimapán, Mun. de Zimapán, Hidalgo, Mexico

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