Zapatalite, Ordoñezite, Chenevixite

Specimen ID: 5E4-GVJ

Mineral(s)
Zapatalite : Cu3Al4(PO4)3(OH)9·4H2O
Ordoñezite : ZnSb2O6
Chenevixite : Cu2Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)4
Locality
Mindat locality:
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0.6 mm wide aggregate of blue zapatalite in rhyolitic matrix with reddish-brown massive/disseminated ordonezite. Both also closely associated with greenish-yellow chenevixite. Excalibur Mineral Corporation specimen. According to the label, the sample comes from the La Fortuna mine.
Łukasz Kruszewski - 29th October 2007

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0.5 mm aggregate of blue zapatalite and greenish-yellow chenevixite in rhyolitic matrix with reddish-brown massive/disseminated ordonezite. Excalibur Mineral Corporation specimen.
Łukasz Kruszewski - 29th October 2007

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Zapatalite (blue), chenevixite (greenish-yellow), ordonezite (massive reddish-brown) and an unknown brownish-yellow mineral in a rhyolitic matrix. Field of view is 3.4 mm.
Łukasz Kruszewski - 29th October 2007
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