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Serpierite Zincowoodwardite & Malachite

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Serpierite Zincowoodwardite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 7.4 × 3.7 cm
Weight: 
194.00gr
Description

Top quality Serpierite specimen from the type locality, with crystals reaching up to 1.0cm in size, displaying a very dense, very colorful electric blue, hairy-like crystallization. This extraordinary Serpierite is sitting on top of an equally very well crystallized Zincowoodwardite covering all the central part and base of the specimen, but also the backside totally, together with acicular Malachite microcrystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Serpierite

Formula: 
Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines (Kamareza Mines), Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece

Zincowoodwardite

Formula: 
Zn1-xAlx(OH)2[SO4]x/2·nH2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.35
Hardness: 
1.0
Type Locality: 
Christiana Mine, Kamariza Mines (Kamareza Mines), Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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