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Phoenicochroite & Mimetite

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Phoenicochroite & Mimetite

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Description
Locality: 
Moon Anchor Mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.8 × 3.3 cm
Description

An excellent miniature size specimen of phoenicochroite from the Moon Anchor Mine.   This specimen features rich red masses of phoenicochroite on matrix with orange mimetite.   A rich example of this lead bearing chromate.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phoenicochroite

Formula: 
Pb2(CrO4)O
Strunz: 
7.FB.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Brick-red
Type Locality: 
Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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