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Tyrolite

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Description
Locality: 
Großkogel, St Gertraudi, Kufstein District, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3 × 2.4 cm
Description

Turquoise-blue, flattened tyrolite crystals with good lustre on quartz matrix, with minor deep blue linarite at the rear side. This piece of tyrolite is from Großkogel, near the Type Locality for the species.

Ex. Bob Janssens (BE) specimen, #840.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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