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Brochantite & Malachite

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Brochantite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Palhal Mine, Branca, Albergaria-a-Velha, Aveiro District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.2 × 1.4 cm
Description

Group of brochantite crystals associated to globular malachite, all on a blue layer of chrysocolla.

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

Brochantite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BB.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0