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Aurichalcite

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Aurichalcite

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Description
Locality: 
Rohdenhaus Quarry, Rohdenhaus, Niederberg Area, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm
Description

Botryoidal turquoise coloured aurichalcite crystals on quartz crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aurichalcite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Loktevskoye Mine (Loktevskii Mine), Upper Loktevka River, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia