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Nakauriite

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Nakauriite

David Burgess Collection
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Description
Locality: 
Nakauri Mine, Shinshiro City, Aichi Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.8 × 0.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature sample with some nice pale blue needles of nakauriite on matrix from the type locality. Comes in the original container where David Burgess purchased the sample at a mineral show in Japan. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nakauriite

Formula: 
Cu8(SO4)4(CO3)(OH)6·48H2O
Strunz: 
7.DG.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Nakauri mine, Shinshiro city, Aichi prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan

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