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Mottramite Vanadinite & Quartz

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Mottramite Vanadinite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Ford Mine, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 3.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Green-brown mottramite crystals with brown vanadinite crystals on quartz crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mottramite

Formula: 
PbCu(VO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, England, UK

Vanadinite

Formula: 
Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Zimapán, Mun. de Zimapán, Hidalgo, Mexico

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White