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Cyanotrichite

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Cyanotrichite

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Description
Locality: 
Peacock Mine, Leadore, Lemhi County, Idaho, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Deep blue hedgehogs of cyanotrichite crystals on both sides of this beautiful old specimen.

With old label from Eckert Mineral Research, Colorado

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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