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Redgillite & Bechererite

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Redgillite & Bechererite

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Description
Locality: 
Dolea, Brusturi, Bihor County, Romania
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 0.4 × 0.7 cm
Description

Olive gpreen sprays of needles, with ice blue bechererite crust of microcrystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Redgillite

Formula: 
Cu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.70
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

Bechererite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)6Zn2(SO4,HSiO4)2(OH)12
Strunz: 
7.DD.55
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tonopah-Belmont Mine (East Vulture Mine; Belmont-McNeil Mine; Economy Mining Co. Mine), Belmont Mountain, Tonopah, Osborn District, Big Horn Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA

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