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Mottramite & Vanadinite

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Mottramite & Vanadinite

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Description
Locality: 
Ford Mine, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 4.8 × 1 cm
Description

Beautiful black florettes of mottramite on vanadinite from this classic locality.   Old material collected by George Stevens.   I visited the locality over a decade ago and nothing was to be found and one of the prime mineralized walls had been collected into nothingness.   

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mottramite

Formula: 
PbCu(VO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, England, UK

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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