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Libethenite

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Libethenite

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Description
Locality: 
Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Description

Dark green prismatic crystals of libethenite to 2 mm on a group of milky quartz crystals.

Nice aesthetic specimen.

From the late Frank Avray Wilson collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Libethenite

Formula: 
Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen), Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia