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Cuprozheshengite

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Cuprozheshengite

Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Laochang Mine, Gejiu County, Yunnan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm
Description

Bluegreen globular cuprozheshengite with blue veszelyite and theisite on hemimorphite from the type locality.

Very good specimen from the type material.

SEM-EDS confirmed specimen. Analysis on request. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprozheshengite

Formula: 
Pb4CuZn2(AsO4)2(PO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BH.
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Type Locality: 
Laochang ore field (Laochang Mine), Gejiu Sn-polymetallic ore field, Gejiu City, Honghe, Yunnan, China Or Sanguozhuang Pb-Zn Mine, Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China