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Elyite & Chenite

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Elyite & Chenite

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Description
Locality: 
Lautenthal, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm
Description

Purple elyite crystals and pale blue chenite (not photographed) in copper rich matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Elyite

Formula: 
Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.65
Hardness: 
2.0
Colour: 
Purple
Type Locality: 
Caroline tunnel, Ward mine (Silver King mine), Ward District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA

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