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Liroconite

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Liroconite

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Description
Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with some very nice, large liroconite crystals on matrix. The crystals have very green sections that could be kernowite, but this has not been analyzed. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Liroconite

Formula: 
Cu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DF.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

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