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Theisite & Olivenite

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Theisite & Olivenite

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Description
Locality: 
La Amorosa Mine, Villahermosa del Rio, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm
Description

Beautiful bluish-green theisite on azurite and minor olivenite in dolomitic matrix. Tennantite is impregnated in this material. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Theisite

Formula: 
Cu5Zn5(AsO4,SbO4)2(OH)14
Strunz: 
8.BE.75
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
Off-white
Type Locality: 
Tuckerville prospects, Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA

Olivenite

Formula: 
Cu2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Carharrack Mine, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK