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Chalcophyllite & Scorodite

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Chalcophyllite & Scorodite

Martin Jensen collection
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Description
Locality: 
Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope, Pershing County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm
Description

You are bidding on a fantastic thumbnail collected by Martin Jensen in 2008 at the Majuba Hill Mine. The sample hosts a large vug in tourmaline bearing rhyolite which has a large, transparent cluster of chalcophyllite crystals with small clusters of scorodite and very minor arthurite. Really nice specimen!! 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcophyllite

Formula: 
Cu18Al2(SO4)3(AsO4)3(OH)27·33H2O
Strunz: 
8.DF.30
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.0

Scorodite

Formula: 
Fe3+AsO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Stamm Asser Mine, Graul, Langenberg, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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