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Carbonatecyanotrichite & Cyanotrichite

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Carbonatecyanotrichite & Cyanotrichite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Longfellow Mine, Tijeras Canyon, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm
Description

Very colorful and rich specimen of turquoise blue, gloular carbonatecyanotrichite crystals with blue cyanotrichite and green antlerite crystals very rich on matrix.

Very old specimen with a very nice old label.

Carbonatecyanotrichite SEM/EDS analysed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carbonatecyanotrichite

Formula: 
Cu4Al2(CO3,SO4)(OH)12·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DE.10
Hardness: 
2.0
Colour: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Balasauskandyk V Deposit, Karatau Range, Southern Kazakhstan Province (Ongtüstik Qazaqstan Oblysy; Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

Cyanotrichite

Formula: 
Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DE.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Moldova Nouă (Neumoldowa), Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo ore field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin Co., Romania
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Carbonatecyanotrichite & Cyanotrichite
Labels
Label Images - only: Carbonatecyanotrichite & Cyanotrichite