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Elyite & Caledonite

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Elyite & Caledonite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Churfürst Ernst Mine, Bönkhausen, Sundern, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.3 × 0.7 cm
Description

Rare lead-copper-sulfate species elyite, forms small purple acicular crystals on matrix, in association with green-blue caledonite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Elyite

Formula: 
Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.65
Hardness: 
2.0
Colour: 
Purple
Type Locality: 
Caroline tunnel, Ward mine (Silver King mine), Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA

Caledonite

Formula: 
Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BC.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK
Loranth Minerals

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