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Bobkingite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Cerro Minado Mines, Cuesta Alta, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

This is a very rich specimen with pale blue bobkingite crystals on all sides of the specimen.

Bobkingite is an extremely rare mineral and the worlds best crystals were found at Cerro Minado. But only very few specimen could be found so far.

Associated minerals are pale pink spherocobaltite and blue 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