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Chalcanthite

Dating back to 1970's (Zaire)

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Description
Locality: 
Not Known
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.7 × 1.4 cm
Weight: 
12.00gr
Description

A very unusal Congalese example of electric blue chalcanthite crystals taken from a drill core and dating back to the 1970's when the country was known as Zaire. Definitely not too many of these around now!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcanthite

Formula: 
CuSO4·5H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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