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Zálesíite & Rosasite

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Zálesíite & Rosasite

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Description
Locality: 
Jean Baptiste Mine, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.1 × 0.9 cm
Description

Zalesiite is an uncommon Ca-Cu-arsenate mineral, the Ca dominant member of mixite group. It occurs as pale green acicular crystals and its sprays on limonitic matrix. Associating minerals are green rosasite and blue azurite.

Mineral Data
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Zálesíite

Formula: 
CaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Zálesí (Zalesie), Javorník (Jauernig), Olomouc Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic

Rosasite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Rosas Mine, Narcao, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
Loranth Minerals

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