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Chalcanthite

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Description
Locality: 
Grand View Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

Lustrous, parallelly grown fibrous crystals of chalcanthite on matrix, labelled as from the Grandview in Arizona.

Acquired in 1989 it is an Ex. Gerard Vogel specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcanthite

Formula: 
CuSO4·5H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile

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