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Iranite Wulfenite & Chrysocolla

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Iranite Wulfenite & Chrysocolla

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Description
Locality: 
Vekol District, Vekol Mts, Tohono O'odham Reservation, Pinal County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm
Description

Sharp brown-orange crystals of Iranite associated with orange wulfenite and contrasting blue chrysocolla.   This is the first confirmed occurance of iranite in Arizona, recently confirmed at the University of Arizona.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Iranite

Formula: 
Pb10Cu(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.FC.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Sebarz Mine (Sebraz Mine; Sebarg Mine), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran

Wulfenite

Formula: 
Pb(MoO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria

Chrysocolla

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

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