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Chenite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Redmond Mine, Waterville Lake, Haywood County, North Carolina, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a vug in galena/sphalerite ore hosting a small cluster of chenite crystals. This is the first reported US occurence for the species and is the first of many rare things to come from this interesting locality! 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chenite

Formula: 
Pb4Cu(SO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BC.70
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar Vein; Susanna Vein [Scar Vein]; Portobello Vein; Humby Vein; Lead Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK

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