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Native Copper With Chrysocolla In Prehnite

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HCH185638

Native Copper With Chrysocolla In Prehnite

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Description
Locality: 
Reichenbach, Baumholder, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Cutted but not polished nodule with small grains of native Copper near Cuprite and Chrysocolla in Prehnite. The cutting surface of this speciem is 6 x 5 cm large and the nodule is 1.5 cm thick. Interesting specimen of a unique locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Chrysocolla

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

Prehnite

Formula: 
Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DP.20
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Karoo dolerites, Cradock, Chris Hani District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

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