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Selenite & Atacamite

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Selenite & Atacamite

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Description
Locality: 
Lubin Mine, Gmina Lubin, Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 8.5 × 4 cm
Description

Nice gemmy dark emerald green gypsum var. selenite crystals cluster with atacamite on matrix from the Lubin Copper mine. Very well formed crystals, translucent and lustrous with beautiful green coloring by atacamite. Unusual crystals cluster, perfectly terminated and undamaged.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Selenite

Variety Of: 

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Atacamite

Formula: 
Cu2(OH)3Cl
Strunz: 
3.DA.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Atacama Region, Chile