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Chalcosiderite

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Chalcosiderite

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Description
Locality: 
Wheal Phoenix, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 4.4 × 2.1 cm
Description

Varing shades of green chalcosiderite crystals in a vuggy matrix. An uncommonly offered species from a classic Cornish locality.

 

Matrix: 
Gossan
Boxed with Label
Condition
General: 
Locality specimen
Back: 
Some traces of mineral tack
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcosiderite

Formula: 
Cu(Fe3+,Al)6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Liskeard District, Cornwall, England, UK
Peter Crozier Minerals