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Spangolite Atacamite & Connellite

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Spangolite Atacamite & Connellite

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Description
Locality: 
Baratti Slag Locality, Piombino, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Intense blue spangolite with green atacamite and bluish connelite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spangolite

Formula: 
Cu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0

Atacamite

Formula: 
Cu2(OH)3Cl
Strunz: 
3.DA.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Atacama Region, Chile

Connellite

Formula: 
Cu19(SO4)(OH)32Cl4·3H2O
Strunz: 
3.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Providence, Providence Mines, Carbis Bay, St Ives, St Ives District, Cornwall, England, UK