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Chenite

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Description
Locality: 
Wanlockhead, Leadhills, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Lustrous deep blue chenite crystals lining vugs in slag material

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chenite

Formula: 
Pb4Cu(SO4)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BC.70
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar Vein; Susanna Vein [Scar Vein]; Portobello Vein; Humby Vein; Lead Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK