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Posnjakite Caledonite & Malachite

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Posnjakite Caledonite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Meadowfoot Smelter Slag Locality, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.4 × 0.9 cm
Description

Matrix displaying a lovely suite of micro-minerals including dark blue/green posnjakite crystals, light blue caledonite crystals and green malachite 'ball's'. k12

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Posnjakite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Nura-Taldy W deposit, Karagandy Province (Qaragandy Oblysy; Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

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

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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