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Chrysocolla from
Planet Mine (Planet Copper Mine; New Planet Mine), Planet Mine group (New Planet Mine group; Great Central Mine), Planet, Santa Maria District (Planet District; Swansea District; Bill Williams District), Buckskin Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA


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Planet Mine (Planet Copper Mine; New Planet Mine), Planet Mine group (New Planet Mine group; Great Central Mine), Planet, Santa Maria District (Planet District; Swansea District; Bill Williams District), Buckskin Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
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Description
Comments:Beautiful banded material associated with cuprite in limestone replacement orebodies.
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 128, 173, 196, 286, 417; Bancroft, H. (1911), Reconnaissance of the ore deposits in northern Yuma Co., AZ, USGS Bull. 451; Cummings, J.B. (1946b), Exploration of New Planet iron deposit, Yuma Co., AZ, US Bur. Mines Rept. Inv. 3982; McCarn, H.L. (1904), The Planet copper mine, Engr. Mining Jour.: 78: 26; Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 110.
Associated minerals:
Associates:Cuprite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view Planet Mine (Planet Copper Mine; New Planet Mine), Planet Mine group (New Planet Mine group; Great Central Mine), Planet, Santa Maria District (Planet District; Swansea District; Bill Williams District), Buckskin Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
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