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Aurichalcite

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Aurichalcite

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Description
Locality: 
79 Mine, Chilito, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 6 × 4.5 cm
Description

Very atrractive aurichalcite crystal sprays on matrix.

Beautiful old specimen - ex Wendland collection, Germany, obtained 1979

With minor Hemimorphite crystals.

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