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Brochantite

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Brochantite

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Description
Locality: 
Estrella Mine, Sierra Almagrera, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2 × 1.7 cm
Description

Beautiful green sprays of brochantite crystals on shist matrix from a very old mine in Spain.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brochantite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BB.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...