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Libethenite & Turquoise

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Libethenite & Turquoise

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Description
Locality: 
Vathi Village, Kilkis, Central Macedonia, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Films of green libethenite microcrystals partly covered by iron oxides in cavity hosted in turquoise rich trachyte matrix. Libethenite is very rare from Greece and known only from this mine, sporadically found on dumps. Very rich for the locality specimen, nice addition to a systematic collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Libethenite

Formula: 
Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen), Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Turquoise

Formula: 
Cu(Al,Fe3+)6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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