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Fornacite & Wickenburgite

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Fornacite & Wickenburgite

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Description
Locality: 
Evening Star Mine, Tiger Wash, Tonopah, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.5 × 2.6 cm
Description

A rich specimen of fornacite with wickenburgite from the evening star mine.   This specimen features a vug filled with fornacite microcrystals, as well as crystalline clusters of colorless to white wickenburgite.  

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fornacite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
7.FC.10
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Renéville Mine (Djoué Mines), Renéville, Kindanba District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)

Wickenburgite

Formula: 
CaPb3Al2Si10O24(OH)6
Strunz: 
9.EG.55
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Potter-Cramer Mine (Potter Cramer property), Vulture District, Vulture Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA

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