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Khaidarkanite & Cyanotrichite

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Khaidarkanite & Cyanotrichite

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Description
Locality: 
North Face, Hoher Sonnblick, Hüttwinkl Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

Blue needles from Sonnblick mountain labeled as Khaidarkanite and Cyanotrichite by the previous owner. Not analysed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Khaidarkanite

Formula: 
Na0.34Cu4Al3(OH)14F3·2H2O
Strunz: 
3.DA.45
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit (Chaidarkan), Fergana Valley, Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan

Cyanotrichite

Formula: 
Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DE.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Moldova Nouă (Neumoldowa), Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo ore field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin Co., Romania