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Chalcanthite

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Locality: 
Troulli Quarry, Larnaca District, Cyprus
Class: 
Artefact
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 10 × 6.3 cm
Weight: 
913.00gr
Description

I remember when I was a kid there was this fashion to cast almost everything in resin - remnants from the Roman Empire, first baby hair, mussels, grasshoppers, Moby Dick, the dead goldfish ...

Well, the purist collector might scream now, but in fact, it makes sense to cast a hygroscopic mineral in resin. This chalcanthite was treated that way an d thus survived from the seventies or eighties in full color. One might say, this is not a specimen anymore, but a paperweight, but I think it's unique, doesn't look to bad and now it can be even polished - even if it's just to get the scratches out of the resin.

However, here it is ... Have fun.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcanthite

Formula: 
CuSO4·5H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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