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Chalcosiderite

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Chalcosiderite

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Locality: 
Lake Boga Granite Quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.1 × 2 cm
Description

A cavity in granite is lined with orthoclase and quartz crystals over which crystalline pale yellow saponite has formed and this is tudded with sparse isolated pale blue shericals of chalcosierite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcosiderite

Formula: 
Cu(Fe3+,Al)6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.DD.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Liskeard District, Cornwall, England, UK
Earthstones Australia

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