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Guanacoite Arhbarite & Cuprite

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Guanacoite Arhbarite & Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Soledad Mine, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.8 × 0.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with some exceptional crystals of guanacoite on a carpet of blue arhbarite with cuprite and conichalcite. A really neat little micro assemblage. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Guanacoite

Formula: 
Cu2Mg3(AsO4)2(OH)4·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.10
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

Arhbarite

Formula: 
Cu2Mg(AsO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Aghbar, Bou Azer District (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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