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Brochantite

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Description
Locality: 
Conejo Rampante Mine, Atacama Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 4.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

A large piece of earthy (stable) brown matrix is heavily encusted with radial brochantite exploding into the most wonderful crystal display - hairlike crystals to over 0.5cm length.

Truly exceptional!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brochantite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BB.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...