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Munakataite & Molybdomenite

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Munakataite & Molybdomenite

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Description
Locality: 
Hal Lake Selenium Occurrence #2, Beaverlodge Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm
Description

From a new find from Canada. Blue aggregates and masses of the rare lead-copper-selenium-sulfate munakataite associated with white masses of molybdomenite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Munakataite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)4
Strunz: 
7.BC.65
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Kato mine, Munakata, Fukuoka prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan

Molybdomenite

Formula: 
PbSeO3
Strunz: 
4.JF.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cacheuta Mine, Cerro de Cacheuta, Sierra de Cacheuta, Mendoza, Argentina
Cartils Minerals

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