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Chalcanthite

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Chalcanthite

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Locality: 
Grimsdalen, Folldal, Innlandet, Norway
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16 × 10 × 6.5 cm
Description

Impressive specimen of chalcanthite consisting of green and blue coloured botryoidal aggregates with different layers formed in several generations. It was found in 1994 in an old abandoned copper/zinc mine close to Grimsdalshytta in Grimsdalen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcanthite

Formula: 
CuSO4·5H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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