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Linarite Allophane & Brochantite

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Linarite Allophane & Brochantite

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Description
Locality: 
King Arthur Mine, Kirki, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Turquoise blue allophane partly covering linarite crystals set in cavity of brocanthite rich matrix.Nice display and very good for close up photography.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Linarite

Formula: 
PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.BC.65
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Linares, Linares-La Carolina District, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain

Allophane

Formula: 
(Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2·2.5-3H2O
Strunz: 
9.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Amorphous
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gräfenthal, Thuringian Forest, Thuringia, Germany

Brochantite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BB.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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