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Spangolite Clinoatacamite & Chalcoalumite

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Spangolite Clinoatacamite & Chalcoalumite

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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: 
0.7 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm
Description

Fantastic sample!!!

Lots of intense blue spangolite crystals with minute very light green pseudohexagonal chalcoalumite and spheroidal clinoatacamite.

A true joy to be observed under the scope!

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

Spangolite

Formula: 
Cu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0

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

Chalcoalumite

Formula: 
CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.75
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA