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Chalcoalumite Carbonatecyanotrichite & Chalcophanite

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Chalcoalumite Carbonatecyanotrichite & Chalcophanite

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Description
Locality: 
Serrabottini, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.1 × 1 cm
Description

Classic specimen of blue chalcoalumite associated with spherules of acicular carbonatecyanotrichite, and with chalcophanite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcoalumite

Formula: 
CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.75
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Carbonatecyanotrichite

Formula: 
Cu4Al2(CO3,SO4)(OH)12·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DE.10
Hardness: 
2.0
Colour: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Balasauskandyk V Deposit, Karatau Range, Southern Kazakhstan Province (Ongtüstik Qazaqstan Oblysy; Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

Chalcophanite

Formula: 
(Zn,Fe,Mn)Mn3O7·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.FL.20
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Passaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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