Empressite from
Joe Mine (Joe shaft), Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Joe Mine (Joe shaft), Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
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Description
Comments:	Occurs as large (1 inch = 2.5 cm) masses of crystalline material in flinty quartz-opal gangue, partly altered to rickardite, then anglesite and rodalquilarite.
Colour:	Tin-white
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 212.
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Empressite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Joe Mine (Joe shaft), Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
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