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Chalcanthite

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Chalcanthite

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Description
Locality: 
Rodalquilar, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3 × 2.2 cm
Description

Very colorful and gemmy chalcanthite crystal cluster - grown in clay of an old gold mine.

Beautiful specimen, collected 1991

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcanthite

Formula: 
CuSO4·5H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile