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Olivenite

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Olivenite

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Description
Locality: 
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 8 × 4 cm
Description

This is an extremely rich olivenite specimen from Lavrion Greece. Lustrous olivegreen crystal sprays of gemmy olivenite all over the surface of the specimen.

Collected in the 1970s

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Olivenite

Formula: 
Cu2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Carharrack Mine, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK