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Hemihedrite

Art Roe

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Description
Locality: 
Rat Tail Claim, Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1 × 1.2 cm
Description

An excellent thumbnail specimen of hemihedrite from the Pack Rat Mine.   This specimen features dozens of orange hemihedrite crystals around the matrix.   This specimen was collected by Art Roe, for whom the micromount symposium in Tucson was named, and for whom the species artroeite was named.  

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hemihedrite

Formula: 
Pb10Zn(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
7.FC.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Florence Mine (Florence Lead Silver Mine), Ripsey Hill area, Ripsey District, Tortilla Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

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