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Alfredopetrovite & Molybdomenite

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Alfredopetrovite & Molybdomenite

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Description
Locality: 
El Dragón Mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

EDS confirmed alfredopetrovite spheres and colourless confirmed molybdomenite on krutaite matrix. Especially the alfredopetrovite is well developed. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Alfredopetrovite

Formula: 
Al2(Se4+O3)3·6H2O
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Type Locality: 
El Dragón Mine, Potosí Department, Bolivia

Molybdomenite

Formula: 
PbSeO3
Strunz: 
4.JF.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cacheuta Mine, Cerro de Cacheuta, Sierra de Cacheuta, Mendoza, Argentina
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Alfredopetrovite & Molybdomenite