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Vauquelinite from
Florence Mine (Florence Lead Silver Mine), Ripsey Hill area, Ripsey Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


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Vauquelinite, etc.

Florence Mine, Ripsey Hill area, Ripsey Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Vauquelinite, etc.

Florence Mine, Ripsey Hill area, Ripsey Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Vauquelinite, etc.

Florence Mine, Ripsey Hill area, Ripsey Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Vauquelinite, etc.

Florence Mine, Ripsey Hill area, Ripsey Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Vauquelinite, etc.

Florence Mine, Ripsey Hill area, Ripsey Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
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Vauquelinite, etc.

Florence Mine, Ripsey Hill area, Ripsey Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Vauquelinite
Formula:Pb2Cu(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)
Comments:Occurs in an oxide mineral assemblage that replaced galena-sphalerite, pyrite & tennantite along a sheared & mineralized fault zone separating limestone & quartzite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Wulfenite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Wulfenite5
Quartz5
Cerussite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vauquelinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Florence Mine (Florence Lead Silver Mine), Ripsey Hill area, Ripsey Mining District, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:227017
Long-form Identifier:1:3:227017:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Vauquelinite
42.1km (26.2 miles) ⓘMammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
Williams, Sidney A., Anthony, John W. (1970) Hemihedrite, a new mineral from Arizona. American Mineralogist, 55 (7-8) 1088-1102
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.pages 158, 247, 413, 426
 
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