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Liroconite

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Liroconite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Ting-Tang Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Description

Crystalline blue liroconite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Liroconite

Formula: 
Cu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DF.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK