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Chalcomenite Linarite & Lepidocrocite On Krut'aite

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Chalcomenite Linarite & Lepidocrocite On Krut'aite

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Description
Locality: 
El Dragón Mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm
Description

Rare chalcomenite as blue crusts, beautiful, blocky, intense blue linarite crystals, brown aggregates of lpidocrocite (I presume) and unidentified white crystals on dark gray krutaite or another of the rare minerals present at he El Dragón Mine.

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

Linarite

Formula: 
PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.BC.65
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Linares, Linares-La Carolina District, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain

Lepidocrocite

Formula: 
γ-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.FE.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Zlaté Hory (Zuckmantel), Olomouc Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic

Krut'aite

Formula: 
CuSe2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Petrovice, Nové Město na Moravě, Vysočina Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic

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