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Clinoclase & Malachite

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Clinoclase & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.4 × 2.4 cm
Description

Very good specimen with radiating dark blue, glossy clinoclase crystals on both sides of the matrix. With minor malachite or cornwallite.

Good clinoclase crystals on both sides of the matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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