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Brochantite Clinoatacamite & Malachite

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Brochantite Clinoatacamite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Golosina Mine, Cuevas del Almanzora, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm
Description

Nice sample with dozens of clinoatacamite as spheroidal aggregates, brochantite and light green malachite.

Acquired: 
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...

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

Malachite

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