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Diaboleite

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Diaboleite

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Description
Locality: 
Rowley Mine, Theba, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm
Description

Rich crystalline and massive diaboleite from the Rowley Mine.   In areas, it appears to be pseudomorphine caledonite.   I've seen similar specimens showing diaboleite crystals with a core of caledonite and a complex crystalline diaboleite surface.

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

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