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Bobkingite

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Description
Locality: 
Cerro Minado Mines, Cuesta Alta, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm
Description

Intense blue bobkingite associated with azurite on matrix. Ex Favreau specimen and confirmation. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bobkingite

Formula: 
Cu5Cl2(OH)8·2H2O
Strunz: 
3.DA.50
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton under Bardon, Leicestershire, England, UK