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Bobkingite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Cerro Minado Mines, Cuesta Alta, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.3 × 5 × 5.8 cm
Description

Bobkingite is a extremely rare copper-hydroxychloride only known from three locations worldwide.

The worlds best and finest crystals are reported from La Cena del Depósito concession at Cerro Minado in Spain.

This is a very good and rich specimen of this very rare species with several blue bobkingite microcrystals on matrix with pink spherocobaltite and minor azurite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bobkingite

Formula: 
Cu5Cl2(OH)8·2H2O
Strunz: 
3.DA.50
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton under Bardon, Leicestershire, England, UK