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Sillénite & Shattuckite

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Sillénite & Shattuckite

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Description
Locality: 
Gloria Mine, Navojoa, Navojoa Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2 × 1.9 cm
Description

Yellowish sillenite crystals on blue shattuckite crystals

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sillénite

Formula: 
Bi12SiO20
Strunz: 
4.CB.70
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Durango, Mexico

Shattuckite

Formula: 
Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DB.40
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Shattuck Mine (Shattuck-Denn Mine; Shattuck-Arizona Mine; Denn Mine), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA