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Brochantite

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Brochantite

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Description
Locality: 
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.5 × 5 × 4 cm
Description

Large brochantite specimen on matrix.  This piece has many thick deep green brochantite crystals with good lustre.  Displays very well.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brochantite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BB.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...