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Chalcophanite

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Chalcophanite

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Description
Locality: 
Haití Mine, Cabezo de San Ginés, San Ginés de la Jara, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.4 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm
Weight: 
8.00gr
Description

Spectacular piece of chalcophanite, an oxide with trigonal crystalline system, iron brown, with a matte metallic oxide gloss and with globular crystals forming stalactites finished in the form of rosettes with very fragile protuberances. A beauty and rarity of specimen from the "Haití" mine, in Llanos del Beal, Murcia, Spain.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcophanite

Formula: 
(Zn,Fe,Mn)Mn3O7·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.FL.20
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Passaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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