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Botallackite

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Description
Locality: 
Cligga Mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5.5 × 4 cm
Description

A superb botallackite from the 2007 find at Cligga Head displaying blue, green metallic lathe like crystals to 6 mm in length, cementing rounded aggregates of quartz and granite to 5 mm.

An exceptional specimen from this world class find. Very stable.

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