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Chrysocolla Psm Veszelyite & Hemimorphite

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Chrysocolla Psm Veszelyite & Hemimorphite

Collected by John & Robert Lawson
Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Waygate Shaft, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm
Description

Nice blue/green chrysocolla pseudomorphs after octahedral veszelyite crystals on colourless hemimorphite crystals. In most cases the veszelyite crystals have been completely replaced however some deep blue patches of veszelyite can still be seen. LC

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chrysocolla

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

Veszelyite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.30
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Ocna de Fier (Vaskö-Moraviţa; Vaskö-Moravicza; Eisenstein), Ocna de Fier-Dognecea District, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin Co., Romania

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

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