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Olivenite & Conichalcite

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Olivenite & Conichalcite

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Description
Locality: 
Hilarion Mines, Lavrion, Hilarion Mine, Hilarion, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 7.5 × 6 cm
Description

This is a very good and rich olivenite specimen from the famous Lavrion Mines.

Beautiful sprays of olivegreen Olivenite crystals and crystals sprays all over the limonitic matrix with green globular Conichalcite.

Very attractive old time specimen - collected in the early 1980s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Conichalcite

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