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Chrysocolla

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Description
Locality: 
Belton Grain Vein, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Blue chrysocolla contrasting well with a light coloured matrix. From a classic British locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chrysocolla

Formula: 
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1)
Strunz: 
9.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Peter Crozier Minerals