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Quartz & Aurichalcite

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Quartz & Aurichalcite

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Description
Locality: 
Hozarco Mine, Piñeres, Peñarrubia, Cantabria, Spain
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.5 × 11.8 × 7.2 cm
Description

A fantastic big cluster of quartz that is most covered with iron oxide. The base and backside are healed. Small crytslas of aurichalcite? Not free of contacts bit alli nall very good Quality and hard to obtain!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Aurichalcite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Loktevskoye Mine (Loktevskii Mine), Upper Loktevka River, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia