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Diaboleite

#26784

Diaboleite

#26784
Availability
Sold
Size
6.5 x 6 x 5.5 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
CuPb2Cl2(OH)4 (RRUFF)
Locality
Rowley mine, Maricopa Co., Arizona, United States
Tagged
copper

Very rich specimen loaded with blue crystalline Diaboleite in solution cavities of Barite. This mine has recently produced micro mammothite associated with these type of minerals. Look closely at this one if you happen to purchase it.

Diaboleite

Formula
CuPb2Cl2(OH)4 
Crystal System
Tetragonal 
Crystal Habit
Euhedral Crystals, Encrustations, Granular 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Luster
Adamantine 
Color
dark blue, bright sky blue 
Streak
blue 
Class
Tetragonal - Ditetragonal Pyramidal 
Fracture
Conchoidal 
Hardness
2.5 

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