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Strashimirite found 2000 - Sold
- Myler mine
- Majuba Hill
- Pershing County
- Nevada
- U.S.A.
- 8.7 × 6.4 × 3.0 cm – Small cabinet specimen (under 10 cm)
Strashimirite is a hydrous copper arsenate. Mincheva-Stefanova (1968) named the species in honor of Strashimir Dimitrov (1892-1960), Bulgarian petrographer.
Strashimirite forms a radiating groups of fine needles, mostly separate, scatted over one face of matrix. Good example. From the collection of E.R. Laskowski (1949-2020), a mining engineer who retired to Tucson, Arizona. Laskowski self-collected this specimen September 29, 2000.
