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Chalcomenite from
Cacheuta Mine, Cerro de Cacheuta, Sierra de Cacheuta, Cacheuta District, Luján de Cuyo department, Mendoza Province, Argentina


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcomenite
Formula:CuSeO3 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Clausthalite3
Klockmannite2
Chalcopyrite2
Malachite2
Bornite2
Azurite2
Chalcocite2
Molybdomenite1
Goethite1
Eskebornite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcomenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cacheuta Mine, Cerro de Cacheuta, Sierra de Cacheuta, Cacheuta District, Luján de Cuyo department, Mendoza Province, Argentina
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:893014
Long-form Identifier:1:3:893014:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Ahlfeld Friedrich and Angelelll Vlctorio 1948 Las especies minerales de la Republica Argentina Univ Nac Tucumftn Inst Geologla y Mineria Jujuy Pub no 458 p 47 48 49 50 54 67 69 70 71 120 121 133 134
Zappettini, E.O., Crosta, S., Rubinstein, N. y Segal, S.J., (2014) Revisión de modelos de mineralización asociados a fallas de despegue e implicancias metalogenéticas relacionadas al rifting mesozoico en Argentina. Instituto de Geología y Recursos Minerales, Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino. Contribuciones Técnicas, Recursos Minerales N° XX. Buenos Aires
Grundmann, Günter, Förster, Hans-Jürgen (2018) The Sierra de Cacheuta Vein-Type Se Mineralization, Mendoza Province, Argentina. Minerals, 8 (4) 127 doi:10.3390/min8040127
 
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