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Langite

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Description
Locality: 
Podlipa Deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica County, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 5.5 × 3 cm
Description

Very rich growth of microcrystals denser than usual for the locality. Bright and of a magnificent blue color, also deeper and more intense than usual. On rock matrix.Very beautiful under the microscope.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Langite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Fowey Consols (incl. Wheal Treasure; Wheal Fortune; Wheal Chance), Tywardreath, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK