Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Mottramite Var Duhamelite & Namibite

Views:
Watches:
UVM690548

Mottramite Var Duhamelite & Namibite

Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Copperopolis, Castle Creek, Bradshaw Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 1.8 × 1.3 cm
Description

Yellow acicular crystals of mottramite var. duhamelite with green crystals of namibite.   

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mottramite

Formula: 
PbCu(VO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, England, UK

Duhamelite

Variety Of: 

Mottramite

Formula: 
PbCu(VO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Formula: 
(Pb,Bi,Ca)Cu(VO4)(OH,O)
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0

Namibite

Formula: 
Cu(BiO)2(VO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.50
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Mesopotamia 504, Mesopotamia Copper Valley, Khorixas District, Kunene Region, Namibia

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps