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Clinoclase

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Clinoclase

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Description
Locality: 
Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2 × 1.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.35cm
Description

This is an outstanding clinoclase specimen from the famous Clara mine in Germany.

Very large, beautiful sharp, lustrous and deep blue clinoclase crystals on baryte-fluorite-quartz matrix.

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clinoclase

Formula: 
Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK