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Cuproroméite & Corderoite

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Cuproroméite & Corderoite

SEM-EDS confirmed no 1101

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Description
Locality: 
Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Description

Green SEM-EDS confirmed cuproromeite associated with very small corderoite in quartz and ordonezite. 

SEM-EDS analysis no 1101. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuproroméite

Formula: 
Cu2Sb2(O,OH)7
Strunz: 
4.DH.20
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring District (Blind Spring Hill District; Benton District), Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA

Corderoite

Formula: 
Hg2+3S2Cl2
Strunz: 
2.FC.15a
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
McDermitt Mine (Cordero Mine; Old Cordero Mine), Opalite District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Cuproroméite & Corderoite
Analysis Report - only: Cuproroméite & Corderoite