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Clinoatacamite Tangdanite & Tyrolite

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Clinoatacamite Tangdanite & Tyrolite

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Description
Locality: 
La Amorosa Mine, Villahermosa del Rio, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 4.2 × 2.2 cm
Description

Nice and rich sample!

Spheroidal clinoatacamite with deep green tangdanite and smaller crystals of lighter green tyrolite.

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

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

Tangdanite

Formula: 
Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(SO4)0.5(OH)9·9H2O
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Tangdan Mine, Dongchuan Cu ore field, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China

Tyrolite

Formula: 
Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.DM.10
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Falkenstein, Falkenstein District, Schwaz, Brixlegg - Schwaz area, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria