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Chenevixite

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Chenevixite

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Description
Locality: 
Ting-Tang Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6 × 9 × 5 cm
Description

Green chenevixite with minor olivenite in quartz matrix.

Rare location.

Ex. Hammond collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chenevixite

Formula: 
Cu2Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.DD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK