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Botallackite

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Botallackite

Ex Mike Merry
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Cligga Mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.1 × 1.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Deep blue connellite and turquoise blades of botallackite (up to 3 mm) coating all sides of a conglomerate matrix.

Ex. Mike Merry

 

Condition
General: 
Excellent - locality specimen
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