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Gilmarite Clinoclase & Conichalcite

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Gilmarite Clinoclase & Conichalcite

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Description
Locality: 
El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco, Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.2 × 3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small miniature with a large vug hosting cluster of teal green gilmarite crystals with dark blue clinoclase, malachite sprays and balls of conichalcite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gilmarite

Formula: 
Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.25
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Roua Mines (Clue de Roua), Daluis, Guillaumes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...

Clinoclase

Formula: 
Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Conichalcite

Formula: 
CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Hinojosa del Duque, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain

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