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Diaboleite

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Diaboleite

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Locality: 
Mammoth - St Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.7 × 2.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on an incredible and very rich sample of diaboleite from Tiger. A very vuggy matrix hosts numerous plates of diaboleite with sprays of willemite, cerussite, sparse sharp crystals of wherryite and possibly other rare species. The sample could be trimmed and would probably produce several very good samples. I was too nervous to try after the crystal in photo 1 appeared! 

Mineral Data
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Diaboleite

Formula: 
Pb2CuCl2(OH)4
Strunz: 
3.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Blue
Streak: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Higher Pitts Mine, Priddy, Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK

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