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Cyanotrichite Leucophosphite & Brochantite

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Cyanotrichite Leucophosphite & Brochantite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Oxide Mine, Mount Gordon, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 4.4 × 2.1 cm
Description

Neon Light blue sprays of cryanotrichite together with bright green brochantite crystals dominate this specimen , upon closer examination, there is a rich coverage of pale greenish leucophosphite with the odd spherical of pale blue turquoise crystals. This is a great combination specimen from Mount Oxide.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cyanotrichite

Formula: 
Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DE.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Moldova Nouă (Neumoldowa), Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo ore field, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin Co., Romania

Leucophosphite

Formula: 
KFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.10
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ninghanboun Hills serpentinite, Weelhamby Lake, Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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...
Earthstones Australia

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