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Clinoclase

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Clinoclase

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Description
Locality: 
Bedford United Mine, Gulworthy, Devon, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Colourful, reflective sprays of clinoclase crystals on matrix. An uncommonly offered locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clinoclase

Formula: 
Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
Peter Crozier Minerals