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Ceruleite

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Ceruleite

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Description
Locality: 
Mostardeira Mine, Glória, Estremoz, Évora District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 8 × 6 cm
Description

Pale blue masses and micro spherules of the rare copper-aluminium-arsenate very rich in a quartz-limonitic matrix.

Specimen was collected in 1984.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ceruleite

Formula: 
Cu2Al7(AsO4)4(OH)13·11.5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DE.25
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Emma Luisa Mine, Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile