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Clinoclase Strashimirite & Cornwallite

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MNR614093

Clinoclase Strashimirite & Cornwallite

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Description
Locality: 
Bartolomej Area, Novoveská Huta, Spišská Nová Ves County, Košice Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 11.3 × 3 cm
Description

Large piece of clinoclase from Novoveska Huta. Richly covered matrix of small blue crystals with minor cornwallite and strashimirite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clinoclase

Formula: 
Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Strashimirite

Formula: 
Cu8(AsO4)4(OH)4·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.12
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Zapachitsa Cu deposit (Zapacica), Bov, Svoge Obshtina, Sofiya Oblast (Sofia Oblast), Bulgaria

Cornwallite

Formula: 
Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK