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Torbernite

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Torbernite

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Description
Locality: 
Silver Bell Mine, Mineral Mountain, Pima County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm
Description

Nice green plates of torbernite from a rarely seen locality, an open pit copper mine not far outside of Tucson.   This was culled from material held in storage at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum and sold at their annual sale about a decade ago.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Torbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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