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Botallackite

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Botallackite

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Description
Locality: 
Cligga Head, Perranporth, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4 × 8 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Granular quartz cemented with crystal laths of botallackite to 5 mm in length.

The crystals are bright metallic green, an excellent example from the 2007 find.

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