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Lavendulan

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Lavendulan

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Description
Locality: 
Lavrion District Mines, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.7 × 6 × 4 cm
Description

Very beautiful and rich specimen of deep blue balls of microcrystals of lavendulan on matrix.

Specimen was collected in the 1990s and is one of the very best I ever had.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lavendulan

Formula: 
NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DG.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic