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Botallackite & Connellite

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Botallackite & Connellite

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Description
Locality: 
Botallack Mine, St Just, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 6.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Granite matrix with a surface coating of green microcrystalline botallackite and balls of radiating blue connellite, great combination of color.

Collected in 1985 by the Geevor development teams during the refurbishment of Allen’s Shaft.

Rare location.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Botallackite

Formula: 
Cu2(OH)3Cl
Strunz: 
3.DA.10b
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK

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