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Brochantite

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Description
Locality: 
Agia Varvara Mines, Sounion, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.8 × 2 cm
Description

A very good, rich specimen, full of sparkling, emerald-green brochantite crystals.

Brochantite is very rare from Lavrion and this is an excellent example.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brochantite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BB.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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