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Conichalcite & Olivenite

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Conichalcite & Olivenite

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Description
Locality: 
Lavrion District Mines, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7.5 × 4 cm
Description

This is a very fine Lavrion specimen with grass-green crystallized conichalcite balls and olivegreen to palegreen olivenite crystals up to 4 mm on limonitic matrix.

Very rich (all over the specimen) and very good old time specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Conichalcite

Formula: 
CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Hinojosa del Duque, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain

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