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Aurichalcite & Linarite On Smithsonite

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Aurichalcite & Linarite On Smithsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Lavrion District Mines, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.2 × 4.1 cm
Description

Acicular pale blue aurichalcite crystals with minor, deep blue linarite and an unidentified, grayish mineral on massive, turquoise-blue cuprian smithsonite (see side- and backview).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aurichalcite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Loktevskoye Mine (Loktevskii Mine), Upper Loktevka River, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia

Linarite

Formula: 
PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.BC.65
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Linares, Linares-La Carolina District, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

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