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Chalcomenite

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Chalcomenite

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Description
Locality: 
Estaño Orcko Mine, Colavi, Machacamarca, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm
Description

Blue chalcomenite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcomenite

Formula: 
CuSeO3·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.JH.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Cerro de Cacheuta, Sierra de Cacheuta, Mendoza, Argentina