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Cyanotrichite & Clinoatacamite

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Cyanotrichite & Clinoatacamite

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Description
Locality: 
Golosina Mine, Cuevas del Almanzora, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm
Description

Very nice sample of cyanotrichite associated to clinoatacamite crystals.

Wonderful under the scope!!!

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

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

Clinoatacamite

Formula: 
Cu2(OH)3Cl
Strunz: 
3.DA.10b
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile