| | Description | |
| Type Locality: | Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA is the type locality for Paramelaconite | | Comments: | Occurs in a matrix of goethite. | | Habit: | Unusually large crystals with forms: {001}, {101}, & {100}. | | Quality of samples: | not specified / average specimens | | Confirmation | |
| Validity: | Believed Valid | | References | |
| References: | Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 183; Koenig, G.A. (1891), On paramelaconite and the associated minerals, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila: 284-291; O'Keefe, M. & J.O. Bovin (1978), The crystal structure of paramelaconite, Cu4O3, Am.Min.: 63: 180-185; Frondel, C. (1941), Paramelaconite: A tetragonal oxide of copper, Am.Min.: 26: 567-672; Min. Rec.:12(5):309; Dana 6:1093; Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 27. | | Associated minerals: | |
| Associates: | Connellite
Copper
Cuprite
Goethite
Malachite
Tenorite
| | Data | |
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Paramelaconite data | | Locality Data: | Click here to view Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA | | Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
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