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Rosasite & Calcite

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RBR120794

Rosasite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Dragoon Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

A very colorful specimen - developed as floater and very attractive in each position. Rich on both sides with uncountable spheres of rosasite - which is partly intergrown to clear calcite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rosasite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Rosas Mine, Narcao, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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