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Artroeite & Tenorite

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Artroeite & Tenorite

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Description
Locality: 
San Vito Quarry, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius, Naples, Campania, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.5 × 2.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Description

White sharp crystals all over the sample with some tenorite crystals groups pseudomorphosed by chrysocolla and possibly atacamite (here not analyzed but present in other samples of the same outcrop).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Artroeite

Formula: 
Pb[AlF3(OH)2]
Strunz: 
3.CC.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Grand Reef Mine (Aravaipa Mine; Lead Jewel; Joe Rubal Mine; Vivian Mine; Calistoga Mining & Development Co. Mine; Bringham Silver and Lead Mine), Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA

Tenorite

Formula: 
CuO
Strunz: 
4.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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