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Artroeite Tenorite Chrysocolla & Paratacamite

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Artroeite Tenorite Chrysocolla & Paratacamite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Vesuvius, Campania, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.8 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Foliated crystals of tenorite somewhere pseudomorphosed by a mixture of chrysocolla and paratacamite.

In some vugs nice crystals of rare artroeite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Artroeite

Formula: 
Pb[AlF3(OH)2]
Strunz: 
3.CC.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Grand Reef Mine (Aravaipa Mine; Lead Jewel; Joe Rubal Mine; Vivian Mine; Calistoga Mining & Development Co. Mine; Bringham Silver and Lead Mine), Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA

Tenorite

Formula: 
CuO
Strunz: 
4.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Chrysocolla

Formula: 
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1)
Strunz: 
9.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5

Paratacamite

Formula: 
Cu3(Cu,Zn)(OH)6Cl2
Strunz: 
3.DA.10c
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Generosa Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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