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Nakauriite

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Nakauriite

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Description
Locality: 
Nakauri Mine, Shinshiro City, Aichi Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 3.2 × 1.8 cm
Description

Blue acicular crystals and patches of nakauriite on serpentine matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nakauriite

Formula: 
Cu8(SO4)4(CO3)(OH)6·48H2O
Strunz: 
7.DG.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Nakauri mine, Shinshiro city, Aichi prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan