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Artroeite & Tenorite

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Artroeite & Tenorite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Vesuvius, Campania, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 1.2 cm
Description

Some gemmy rosettes of artroeite, sometime associated to tenorite big crystals and maybe chrysocolla. Very rare mineral coming from only two localities in the word.

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

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