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Rouaite & Connellite

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Rouaite & Connellite

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Description
Locality: 
Sitio do Cobre Mine, Vila Velha de Ródão, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

Stunning sample!!!

Well developed rouaite crsystals associated to connellite 'urchins'.

Beautiful under the scope.

Excellent sample for the species.

New find from the slag dumps at Sitio do Cobre.

EDS and Raman analyzed.

Collected: 
2021
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rouaite

Formula: 
Cu2(NO3)(OH)3
Strunz: 
5.NB.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Roua Mines (Clue de Roua), Daluis, Guillaumes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...

Connellite

Formula: 
Cu19(SO4)(OH)32Cl4·3H2O
Strunz: 
3.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Providence, Providence Mines, Carbis Bay, St Ives, St Ives District, Cornwall, England, UK