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Tyrolite

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Description
Locality: 
Falkenstein, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Fan-like groups of tabular tyrolite crystals of intense lustre and turquoise greenish-blue colour from the type locality of Falkenstein. They are richly spread on a quartz matrix with patches of royal blue azurite.

Ex. Roger Gnat collection.

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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