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Mottramite Phosphohedyphane & Chrysocolla

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Mottramite Phosphohedyphane & Chrysocolla

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Description
Locality: 
Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 1.8 × 0.6 cm
Description

An attractive specimen from a classic Scottish locality showing matrix rich in light blue chrysocolla with veins of light green micro-crystalline phosphohedyphane and brown mottranite micro crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mottramite

Formula: 
PbCu(VO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.40
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, England, UK

Phosphohedyphane

Formula: 
Ca2Pb3(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Capitana Mine, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

Chrysocolla

Formula: 
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1)
Strunz: 
9.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5

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