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Diaboleite & Caledonite

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Diaboleite & Caledonite

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Description
Locality: 
Rowley Mine, Theba, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.8 × 1.1 cm
Description

Deep blue crystalline aggregates of diaboleite, some showing a core of lighter blue caledonite suggesting a pseudomorph was taking place.   Older material with a distinctive habit, collected over a decade ago.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Diaboleite

Formula: 
Pb2CuCl2(OH)4
Strunz: 
3.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Blue
Streak: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Higher Pitts Mine, Priddy, Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK

Caledonite

Formula: 
Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BC.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK

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