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Tyrolite

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Tyrolite

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Locality: 
Großkogel, St Gertraudi, Kufstein District, Carinthia, Austria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

Bright, beautiful, turquoise-blue, radial clusters of tyrolite crystals richly cover multiple sides of the contrasting matrix on this fine piece from a classic Austrian locality - Grosskogel Mountain, St. Gertraudi, Tyrol. Tyrolite is an uncommon copper arsenate

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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