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Conichalcite Leucochalcite & Chrysocolla

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Conichalcite Leucochalcite & Chrysocolla

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Description
Locality: 
Garfield Mine, Garfield, Mineral County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 3 × 3 cm
Description

Bright green botryoidal conichalcite crystals with fibrous white leucochalcite and blue-green chrysocolla

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Conichalcite

Formula: 
CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Hinojosa del Duque, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain

Leucochalcite

Variety Of: 

Olivenite

Formula: 
Cu2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Hardness: 
3.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Chrysocolla

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