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Libethenite On Quartz

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Libethenite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
East Gunnislake Mine, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Sharp lustrous pseudo-octahedral, bottle-green gemmy crystals of libethenite on a quartz matrix. Representative specimen from the Cornish East Gunnislake mine.

Collected by Nick Eastwood, a British geologist in the 1980’s.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Libethenite

Formula: 
Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen), Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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