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Rosasite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 7.3 × 3.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Rich blue-green, velvety tufts of acicular rosasite crystals up to 0.5 cm across on matrix from the famous Ojuela Mine in Mexico, associated with white to brownish, lustrous  hemimorphite crystals up to 0.6 cm in size. A really beautiful older piece, accompanied by an old Scott Williams label, fitting well to any collection of Mexican minerals and/or a collection of aesthetic mineral specimens.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rosasite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Rosas Mine, Narcao, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
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